I never knew that the lower classes had such white skins.

India has left a deeper mark upon the history the philosophy and the religion of mankind than any other terrestrial unit in the universe.

A man of the utmost insignificance.

Personally I do not believe in the likelihood of Persian oil deposits being worked at profit.

Gentlemen never wear brown in London.

The interests of the employers and the employed are the same nine times out of ten-I will even say ninety-nine times out of ten.

The best work in the world was always done by members of the aristocracy.

The journalist, whose main duty is speed, is likely sometimes to get an advantage over the diplomatist whose main object is accuracy.

I hesitate to say what the functions of the modern journalist may be, but I imagine that they do not exclude the intelligent anticipation of the facts even before they occur.

Good does not attract evil but the opposite, it fights to shine light on darkness.

A very powerful theme in fiction is that of loss.

This is a tough, tough life when things aren't going your way.

And I'm happy to say that I'm able to find people wherever I go that are not black, not white - they're just human beings. That's where I am, where I've been and where I intend to stay.

I think the publishing industry is dismayingly like the movie business. It grows more corporate by the day.

When you are introduced to the clarity inside of you, to the simplicity inside of you, to that beauty inside of you, the journey of life begins.

A critic should always strive to recapture the sense of wonder and surprise with which he first beheld a now-familiar work of art.

As if hands were enough To hold an avalanche off.

In the acquisition of a new habit, or the leaving off of an old one, we must take care to launch ourselves with as strong and decided an initiative as possible.

I'm an old fashioned joint smoker ya know.