I will go to my grave seeing the look on your face at the last. Keep it up and you'll go sooner than later.

There are wounds that never show on the body that are deeper and more hurtful than anything that bleeds.

I love animals, always have, and it seemed natural to help the ASPCA. Animals have no voice of their own, so we have to be that voice

I am not a morning person.

I always treated writing as a profession, never as a hobby. If you don't believe in yourself, no one else will.

Remember your personal demons should be afraid of you, because you are their home, their food, and as you heal, their executioner.

You'd think a sociopath assassin wouldn't have a fan following but he does

Zebrowski says that if you killed someone else just hide the body, he's not starting over on the paperwork.

Never trust people who smile constantly. They're either selling something or not very bright.

My writing style is very sensual, as in sensory detail

The best lies are always at least partially true.

In a single wave of meaning the triumphant purity of being.

A pure crystal stream sprang laughing in the midst of desolation......

As to marriage or celibacy, let a man take which course he will, he will be sure to repent.

Britain is doing brilliant things around the world and that is why I described as a 'superpower on development'.

There's a whole generation coming up behind us that was engaged, inspired, worked for change during the course of my presidency, saw what was possible.

I had enough brain to live a stupid life.

Sorrow is brief but joy is endless

Nothing primes inspiration more than necessity.

We have to see today in light of the transition, say, from hunting and gathering to agriculture, and from agriculture to industry, and from industry to post-industry. We're in an epoch transition.

I applaud the courage of he who accepts each and every one of the laws of a game he did not invent and was not asked if he wanted to play