Other people's children, like other people's love affairs, were so much less interesting than one's own.

Every criminal leaves psychic fingerprints. And he can't wear gloves to hide them.

That's the worst thing about money - the moment you have some you begin to suspect everyone of trying to take it away from you. And usually they are.

The experiences of the heartless are so limited. It is hate that is blind. Love may miss a flaw here and there, but hate misses beauty everywhere.

A critic is a person who rationalizes his likes and dislikes in such impressive language that the layman thinks he is reasoning instead of rationalizing.

To the Latin, cynicism and middle age are synonymous. Look at our politicians - they move through their careers from left to center to right, like the hands of a clock.

Nobody believes in ghosts, but everybody is afraid of them.

fiction and lies are both works of creative art, and creation always reveals the creator.

Everything you do in war is a crime in peace

At twenty your choices are almost unlimited. At fifty you're a prisoner of past decisions. At seventy you have no free will left at all.

Diamonds are the tears of the poor.

(...) “to have a hairy heart” has passed into everyday wizarding language to describe a cold or unfeeling witch or wizard.

Cincinnati needs to take notes from Houston. Houston fans are among the top five fans in the game.

The character of a generation is moulded by personal character.

I am not a historian. I am a writer obsessed with remembering, with remembering the past

Intelligent analysis of the composer's intention and strict adherence to it automatically ensures sincerity.

I like having little kids look at me. It's fun. They make these little faces.

All that the Eternal Father teaches and reveals is His being, His nature, and His Godhead, which He manifests to us in His Son, and teaches us that we are also His Son.

I will promote savings and investment by maintaining the 15% rate on capital gains and dividends. I will eliminate the tax entirely for those with annual income below $200,000.

A lot of my songs are about taking whatever life throws at you and making the most of it.

Love grows from the rich foam of forgiveness, mongrels make good dogs, and the evidence of God exists in the roundness of things.