The funny thing in France is that writers are not allowed to retire, because the French government say you are still earning money from books you wrote 20 years ago.

Good manners make any man a pleasure to be with. Ask any woman.

Depending on the inflection, ah bon can express shock, disbelief, indifference, irritation, or joy - a remarkable achievment for two short words.

Best advice I've ever received: Finish.

I'd rather live precariously in my own office than comfortably in somebody else's.

The English kill their meat twice: once when they slaughter it and once when they cook it.

No matter what their background, the southern French are fascinated by food.

Nowadays, if you have a journey, albeit a simple one, you consider yourself lucky if nothing happens.

Why not make a daily pleasure out a daily necessity.

You don't like it when a French housewife gets mad at you. If she gets steam behind her, she is an unstoppable creature.

There is nothing like a comfortable adventure to put people in a good humor. . .

a hero is just somebody who does the right thing when it would be far, far easier to do nothing.”-Cedric Diggory-

Intelligence and perserverance cannot defeat the purpose of popularity because it can describe a trait of a successful person who is prominent.

The world of book is the stream of souls.

If God were not willing to forgive sin, heaven would be empty

Evil is predicable

In combat life is short nasty and brutish. The issues of national policy which brought him into war are irrelevant to the combat soldier he is concerned with his literal life chances.

I never saw anything that would qualify as a criminal activity.

I love my career right now, and I won't be with anybody until they make my life as satisfying and as happy as my work makes me.

Donald Trump does what everybody who voted for him wishes would happen every time the left pipes up.

Riches are well, if gotten well and spent well.