See? This is why I'm not religious. I couldn't possibly keep my mouth shut long enough to get along with everyone else.

What is the point of having free will if one cannot occasionally spit in the eye of destiny?

Everyone is down on pain, because they forget something important about it: Pain is for the living. Only the dead don't feel it.

Bring it, Darth Bathrobe!

People love dogs. You can never go wrong adding a dog to the story.

Many things are not as they seem: The worst things in life never are.

Knowledge is the ultimate weapon. It always has been.

But the only way never to do the wrong thing is never to do anything.

Don't call me a dinosaur. It isn't fair to the dinosaurs. What did a dinosaur ever do to you?

Age is always advancing and I'm fairly sure it's up to no good.

Keep your cherished photos of your destiny at the fore-front of your mind. No one gets the gut to make them blurred. Always think about it

Society is built upon trust.

It is too great comfort which turns a man against himself. Life is most readily renounced at the time and among the classes where it is least harsh.

The desire for economic prosperity is itself not culturally determined but almost universally shared

Cooking today is far greater than it ever was, and more importantly, a chef's role today has changed dramatically over the last decade.

The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world in which it is overestimated.

Whether the aim is in heaven or on earth, wisdom or wealth, the essential condition of its pursuit and attainment is always security and order.

Truth must be repeated again and again, because error is constantly being preached round about.

I'm not constrained by being a genre writer. Any story I can imagine, I can cast as a fantasy novel and probably get it published.

It's hard for me to put on weight.