Life is a horse: either you ride it or it rides you.

Writing is not a profession, occupation or job; it is not a way of life: it is a comprehensive response to life.

Writing mysteries lets me get away with murder. I think 'the mystery' may be the greatest form for social criticism, simply because it is pedestrian.

It's so much more interesting to study a ... damaged world. I find it difficult to learn anything in a place that's too civilized.

Acceptable hypocrisy is often called politeness.

I like mainly to be invisible, to sort of drift around unseen in the world.

Sometimes now, when I watch continental games on television, I'm a bit bored. I ask, 'where is the intensity?'

The transatlantic relationship is vital for both our countries: France will remain a reliable ally of the United States. Nevertheless, ally does not mean aligned.

If it isn’t for the writing, we’ve got nothing. Writers are the most important people in Hollywood. And we must never let them know it.

Any startling piece of work has a subversive element in it, a delicious element often. Subversion is only disagreeable when it manifests in political or social activity.

There are no rules that can bind you when you find your other half.

The sky isn't falling.

God's will! my liege, would you and I alone, Without more help, could fight this royal battle!