Plots come to me at such odd moments, when I am walking along the street, or examining a hat shop… suddenly a splendid idea comes into my head.

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.

Shadows are our Dark Selves brought to Light.

Quantity produces quality. If you only write a few things, you're doomed.

The success of any kind of social epidemic is heavily dependent on the involvement of people with a particular and rare set of social gifts.

Man is the measure of all things.

It were better for him that a millstone were hanged about his neck and he cast into the sea.

Like sunshine, music is a powerful force that can instantly and almost chemically change your entire mood.

The mintage of wisdom is to know that rest is rust, and that real life is love, laughter, and work.

Thinklogical's systems play a key role in the delivery and visualization of mission critical data used every day by military and intelligence communities worldwide.

The stronger women get, the more men love football.

The most vital aspect of winning is mental attitude.