Most people go through life using up half their energy trying to protect a dignity they never had

When I split an infinitive, God damn it, I split it so it stays split.

Down these mean streets a man must go who is neither tarnished nor afraid

He looked about as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food.

Some are able and humane men and some are low-grade individuals with the morals of a goat, the artistic integrity of a slot machine, and the manners of a floorwalker with delusions of grandeur.

It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained-glass window.

There are two kinds of truth; The truth that lights the way and the truth that warms the heart. The fist of these is science and the second is art.

It seemed like a nice neighborhood to have bad habits in.

The challenge of screenwriting is to say much in little and then take half of that little out and still preserve an effect of leisure and natural movement

At least half the mystery novels published violate the law that the solution, once revealed, must seem to be inevitable.

Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an advertising agency.

People who are out of control desperately need to observe your healthy boundaries in-play to learn from your example.

Give me a window and I'll stare out it.

If you love your community, then you need to be insisting on justice in all circumstances.

Why doesn't love come with an owner's manual?

If my daughter has a bad dream and wants to get into my bed, I'm a sucker for her sweet face and warm body next to mine, so I let her jump in. I should tell her to go to bed, but secretly I love it.

There is no reliable way for American authorities to distinguish jihadists and potential jihadists from peaceful Muslims.

Mindless habitual behavior is the enemy of innovation.

The number of people, the labor force, has shrunk by nine million human beings since Obama took office.

I understand that transposing a song a half step can effect the believability of a lyric.

Love is more than a noun-it is a verb; it is more than a feeling-it is caring, sharing, helping, sacrificing.