It is the writer's job to craft a story so compelling that strangers will pay to hear it.

Has anyone sen Mr Snark " "I saw him in the tunnel about 15 minutes ago." "Oh no " wailed Dr Ferman "he will have been atomised." "Oh dear" muttered an MP. "Bye-election.

...I've never really had a party before.""Why did you have one now?" I say, just to keep him talking.He gives a half laugh. "I thought if I had a party, you would come.

I don't know any religion that promotes violence. It is the adherents of whatever religion.

Christians call it the "Sacrifice of Isaac," and Jews call it the "Binding of Isaac."

Nothing is more sterile or lamentable than the man content to live within himself.

I'm happy with the way everything turned out. Even the mistakes we've made I wouldn't take back because they ended up yielding something good.

When will the state of the country be sound?... When its people believe that the end result of cowardice is more disastrous than that of behaving with integrity.

The science of happiness lies in controlling our thought and getting thought from sources of healthy life.

I made the mistakes not because I'm tired.

I'll never forget the fall colors on the Berkshires.