Impulsive actions led to trouble, and trouble could have unpleasant consequences.

I am a rapist and a sadistic pig,' if you get that tattoo removed I will carve it into your forehead, do you understand?

Always retain the ability to walk away, without sentimentality, from a situation that felt unmanageable. That was a basic rule of survival. Don't lift a finger for a lost cause.

Men who just call to say hello generally have ulterior motives.

Everyone has secrets. It's just a matter of finding out what they are

But if you want to win, you're going to have to fight.

There were not so many physical threats that could not be countered with a decent hammer.

No, I don't believe in God, but I respect the fact that you do. Everyone has to have something to believe in.

I know what kind of things I myself have been irritated by in detective stories. They are often about one or two persons, but they don't describe anything in the society outside.

I'm not going to apologize for the way I've led my life.

Been there, done that, got the T-shirt.

Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal while others on the contrary obtain a victory by exerting at the last moment more vigorous efforts than before.

My brother Jim and I spent many wonderful summers working on dairy farms in Wisconsin owned by Mom's cousins, and as members of our local Boy Scout troop.

Well, I suppose I've never really had a lifestyle that needs upkeep. I don't get cabs; I'm on the Tube with my Oyster card.

Who says I'm gonna marry another guy? In Europe it's not like in America, where you set a date.

My uncle Jimmy took liver salts twice a day for 40 years. He died on Sunday, was buried Wednesday and the following Friday they had to go to the cemetery to beat his liver to death with a stick.

The chief want, in every state that I have been into, was a high and earnest purpose in its inhabitants.

Giving people a hand up, not a handout, is the way forward.

Heed the spark or you may dread the fire.

You can do anything you want, even if you are being told negative things.stay strong and find motivation.

Every season, for me, it's like starting from scratch again.