Nothing is more admirable than the fortitude with which millionaires tolerate the disadvantages of their wealth.

[A] pessimist gets nothing but pleasant surprises, an optimist nothing but unpleasant.

The only thing I want is something I can't have; and that is to know if, 100 years from now, people will still buy my books.

I have a strong moral sense - by my standards.

Measure your minds height by the shadow it casts.

Being broke is not a disgrace, it is only a catastrophe.

Every Sherlock Holmes story has at least one marvelous scene.

Sarcasm is not the rapier of wit its wielders seem to believe it to be, but merely a club: it may, by dint of brute force, occasionally raise bruises, but it never cuts or pierces.

The more you put in your brain, the more it will hold - if you have one.

I don't approve of open fires. You can't think, or talk or even make love in front of a fireplace. All you can do is stare at it.

Everything in a story should be credible.

Relationships are built on trust.

External beauty is what the world sees in you but success comes to you because of your internal beauty.

Those who row the boat don't have time to rock it while those who rock it don't have time to row it.

Is Bronson mad! Let me ask you! How else can I be? I’m probably the maddest guy on two legs if the truth was known, but prison will never beat me, I’d sooner die today than allow it too!

I've given many lessons in many sports over the years to many different people.

The Keystone pipeline will spew a massive amount of carbon pollution into our fragile atmosphere. It should be stopped.

I believe everything out of the common. The only thing to distrust is the normal.

It's pretty physically unsettling, living life on a visa.

I found a piece of paradise to call my own, and life is worth living again, for to love you, to me, is to live.

I enjoy the quiet life.