Take "no" as an encouragement to redouble his efforts, so it was easier to say "yes" right away.

Impulsive actions led to trouble, and trouble could have unpleasant consequences.

I am a rapist and a sadistic pig,' if you get that tattoo removed I will carve it into your forehead, do you understand?

Always retain the ability to walk away, without sentimentality, from a situation that felt unmanageable. That was a basic rule of survival. Don't lift a finger for a lost cause.

Men who just call to say hello generally have ulterior motives.

Everyone has secrets. It's just a matter of finding out what they are

But if you want to win, you're going to have to fight.

There were not so many physical threats that could not be countered with a decent hammer.

No, I don't believe in God, but I respect the fact that you do. Everyone has to have something to believe in.

I know what kind of things I myself have been irritated by in detective stories. They are often about one or two persons, but they don't describe anything in the society outside.

I'm not going to apologize for the way I've led my life.

There was a lot they didn’t tell you about death, she had discovered, and one of the biggies was how long it took the ones you loved most to die in your heart.

A lovely girl gazing at the stars, and the stars who gazed back.

Feelings are like chemicals, the more you analyze them the worse they smell.

Television lets audiences deeply connect with characters.

New York is the capital, the national headquarters of homelessness.... No one feels he belongs here.

There are two parts to the creative endeavor: making something, then disseminating it.

Every fact is impure, but every fact contains in it the juices of life. Every fact is a clod, from which may grow an amaranth or a palm.

pity and charity may be at root an attempt to propitiate the dark powers that have not touched us yet.

Mercy, mercy me, things ain't what they used to be.

There may be challenges or crosses that may have delayed your goals temporarily, but now it’s time to move forward.