Knowledge pursued for its own sake - that's the definition of education, as opposed to training.

In my day, we didn't have self-esteem, we had self-respect, and no more of it than we had earned.

You've either got to find a way to make your continuing characters interesting without making them maudlin or overwrought, or you've got to put more emphasis on the suspects.

Everybody is a True Believer. Everybody has a little nugget they're convinced of that is the opposite of the nugget on the other side. And they're convinced it's fact.

I was the executive editor on a little magazine called Greek Accent, whose only claim to fame is that its art director went on to be the art director of Discover for many years.

Nobody in real life ever takes me seriously.

I don't make my own schedule - it's constructed around my sons' school schedules.

Listen to advice. You don't know how many writer's conferences I've taught at where at least half the audience fights all the conventions of the field.

I've been a teacher at the college level, in composition mostly, and I've been an editor on magazines.

People always seemed to know half of history, and to get it confused with the other half.

If you don't burn the candle at both ends, what's the candle got two ends for?

Just because you help others doesn’t mean you never need help yourself. Doctors can catch colds. Lawyers can be sued. Police officers can call 911.

To love is the never ending purpose of life. To care is our endless sense if duty.To be kind to everyone is a divine beauty.

Taking his hand I said "Fank woo.""Hm " he laughed with his mouth closed.

He who is ready to die for his country is a fool. For he didn’t choose where he was born

I know that you should always say yes to adventures or you'll lead a very dull life.

Lulled in the countless chambers of the brain, our thoughts are linked by many a hidden chain; awake but one, and in, what myriads rise!

Even through your hardest days, remember we are all made of stardust.

Mrs. Charlotte Phelan's Guide to Husband-Hunting, Rule Number One: a pretty, petite girl should accentuate with makeup and good posture. A tall plain one, with a trust fund.

They are perfect; how else?-they shall never change: We are faulty; why not?-we have time in store.

I spent 26 years in the business without ever knowing what I was doing a month from now.