I wondered how far I should turn out faithful to that ideal conception of one's own personality every man sets up for himself secretly.

Let them think what they liked, but I didn't mean to drown myself. I meant to swim till I sank -- but that's not the same thing.

Necessity, they say, is the mother of invention, but fear, too, is not barren of ingenious suggestions.

Success comes from developing a strong inner character

You must understand that when you are writing a novel you are not making anything up.

Being In love with Vampires is never out of fashion" (The Angel Vampire: A New Race is Born)

You have to make shots to win basketball games and we didn't do that. You also have to get back on defense, so it was a double-whammy.

Our current identification system is so disjointed that the World Trade Center terrorists had a total of 63 valid driver's licenses between them.

If the curriculum we use to teach our children does not connect in positive ways to the culture young people bring to school, it is doomed to failure.

I've always been more afraid of being left alone or left out than of things that go bump in the night.

It was the sort of house that glows with substance and savoir vivre in those advertisements for the best Scotch. It had wonderful bones.

All blessings come to us through our Lord. He will teach us, for in beholding His life we find that He is the best example.

The power of the culture industry's ideology is such that conformity has replaced consciousness