The flood of print has turned reading into a process of gulping rather than savoring.

When I split an infinitive, God damn it, I split it so it stays split.

Down these mean streets a man must go who is neither tarnished nor afraid

He looked about as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food.

Some are able and humane men and some are low-grade individuals with the morals of a goat, the artistic integrity of a slot machine, and the manners of a floorwalker with delusions of grandeur.

It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained-glass window.

There are two kinds of truth; The truth that lights the way and the truth that warms the heart. The fist of these is science and the second is art.

It seemed like a nice neighborhood to have bad habits in.

The challenge of screenwriting is to say much in little and then take half of that little out and still preserve an effect of leisure and natural movement

At least half the mystery novels published violate the law that the solution, once revealed, must seem to be inevitable.

Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an advertising agency.

To be successful at anything, it takes hard work, discipline, dedication, and a burning desire to be the best.

And as he leaned in to kiss me, my eye saw his open mouth grow larger and larger until it seemed it could swallow me whole.

...Yes... I am perfect. A perfect 'impostor'. B-ko

They might have you, and they pay badly enough to guarantee you decent company.

While face-to-face is just as important as it ever was, now that we've got all kinds of new tools, let us tighten bonds in between those in-person moments.

I live way below my means.

Aston Villa have literally metaphorically had their pants pulled down

Cleanliness is the Hallmark of perfect standards and the best quality inspector is the conscience

I loved 'Junebug.' It was one of my favorite films, my favorite type of film.

I felt, if I never did anything in my life but read scripts and synopsize them, I would be happy.