Only, as long as we're going insane we may as well go the whole way. A mere shred of sanity is of no value.

There simply must be a corpse in a detective novel, and the deader the corpse the better.

There are few punishments too severe for a popular novel writer.

Giving full rein to one's cynicism as one goes along produces a normal outlet and maintains an emotional equilibrium.

But society is ignorant and venomous, devoid of any trace of insight or understanding. It exalts knavery, and worships stupidity. It crucifies the intelligent, and puts the diseased in dungeons.

The only place where success comes before work is in the dictionary.

History was safer than the news, because there was no question of how it would end. ~ "The Briefcase

I think doing shows with other R&B artists like myself brings the attention to the crowd. You can't just do those one artist shows anymore. I don't like just me being on the show.

The Spirit is not given to make Bible study needless, but to make it effective.

I think if there's anything that's important today, it's credibility with the voter, because the voter is tired of being sold a bill of goods.

The mere act of believing that some wrongful course of action constitutes an advantage is pernicious.

Careers in virtually all academic disciplines are fostered by being a superstar who knows more about one subject than anyone else in the world.

The dinner party is a suburban form of entertainment. Its spread in our big cities represents an insidious Fifth Column suburbanization of the metropolis.

Where the telescope ends the microscope begins, and which has the wider vision?

I get to represent a lot of different types of women because of my ability to transform into these different people.