I tend to think that good and evil exist and that the quantity in each of us is unchangeable. The moral character of people is set, fixed until death.

The great advantage of a novel is you can put in whatever comes into your head - it has the same shape as the human brain.

Anything can happen in life, especially nothing.

The world outside had its own rules, and those rules were not human.

The Americans are completely stupid. The intellectual level in any single European country is higher than in America.

The absence of the will to live is, alas, not sufficient to make one want to die.

The love of a dog is a pure thing. He gives you a trust which is total. You must not betray it.

In order to pass the time I told him the story of the German who ate the other German whom he’d met on the internet.

It's a curious idea to reproduce when you don't even like life.

Tenderness is a deeper instinct than seduction, which is why it is so hard to give up hope.

The most stupid religion is Islam.

Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it.

Can’t clean up after you anymore, baby brother, so don’t punk out. Make it count.

The prerequisite for a banker is Strait As and no talent.

Have tea, might write, ” Laura returned.

And this is why Jesus came: to endure the holy wrath of God due us.

I love singing, and I came to absolutely adore it in the later part of my career.

I'm not good at reading reviews and things like that.

I don't make plans. I live my life on a daily basis.

My mind... It's who I am. I think I'd rather suffer any other injury in the world than have my mind tampered with.

Sympathetic cracks. A term frequently used by architects and surveyors in terms of ageing houses. I know what they mean.