My flute, M. Poirot, is my oldest companion. When everything else fails, music remains.

A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity, it dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path.

An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her.

I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness - to save oneself trouble.

It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story.

Very few of us are what we seem.

Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and do not rejoin the world until they are whole once more.

Nobody knows what another person is thinking. They may imagine they do, but they are nearly always wrong.

Fear is incomplete knowledge.

Books are a habit-forming drug.

I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.

You know, somebody actually complimented me on my driving today. They left a little note on the windscreen, it said 'Parking Fine.

The joy of seeing another person in pain, frustrated or angry is a delicacy only for the most wicked.

When you form a team, why do you try to form a team? Because teamwork builds trust and trust builds speed.

Deep inside you know / when trouble comes / and there's no one else to turn to / you can call on each other / and count on each other ... / because each other / is all you have.

David Carr was one of the most gifted journalists who has ever worked at The New York Times.

I came to this country when I was twelve years old because my parents wanted to give me new opportunities to succeed. President Obama wants everyone to have the chances I had.

The auditioning process is one in which the actor gets very little information about almost every element of it.

The Rose Bowl is the only bowl I've ever seen that I didn't have to clean.

I am a huge sports fan.

If it is light, leave it white.