It pleased him to see that things, and not only people, suffered the wear and tear of age. [53 yr old Inspector Bordelli's view]

The irritating question they ask us -- us being writers -- is: "Where do you get your ideas?"

Everybody just wants to be famous first, and then maybe learn how to act.

A smile can get you far, but a smile with a gun can get you further.

The more you trust and rely upon the Spirit, the greater your capacity to create.

If we are not stupid or insincere when we say that the good or ill of man lies within his own will, and that all beside is nothing to us, why are we still troubled?

When we argue for our limitations, we get to keep them.

It is not always them that has the most that makes the most show.

I looked around the iTunes store and came across Dr. Moku's Hiragana Mnemonics. Thirty minutes later I had memorized all 46 hiragana. Now my 9-year-old is learning them, and having a lot of fun.

I feel about 18, but my mind is much more mature now, so it's a perfect combination.

God didn't make junk.