If you ever want something badly, let it go. If it comes back to you, then its yours forever. If it doesnt, then it was never yours to begin with.

There is no illness that is not exacerbated by stress.

He leaned his forehead against hers. “Tell me you want this.

Well, I would hardly say I do write as yet. But I write because I like words. I suppose if I liked stone I might carve. I like words. I like reading. I notice particular words. That sets me off.

The day For whose returns, and many, all these pray; And so do I.

I've never been helpless, I just have powerful enemies

America is supposed to be given over to ugliness. There are a good many ugly things there and the ugliest are the most pretentious.

I've always wanted to be an action figure.

I have never understood the saying 'To think outside the box.' Why would anyone sit inside of a box and then think outside of it. Rather just get out of the box.

I'd been a thriller reader all my life.

I'm sure that a French production of this [Maigret series] would be different. For better or worse, who's to say, but probably not very good for 8 o'clock on ITV.