The plants filled the place, a forest of them, with nasty meaty leaves and stalks like the newly washed fingers of dead men.

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.

He told us to believe, not beg.

I have a very classic take on fashion. I like my accessories to pop, but in general, my style is pretty classic.

Allow rather than resist what arises in the present moment-inside or out. Let it be interesting rather than good or bad.

Wall Street got drunk and now it's got a hangover. And the question is, how long will it sober up and not try to do those fancy financial instruments?

My operas usually come from musical ideas rather than ideas about subject matter.

I wouldn't mind being the lead guitarist in an incredibly successful rock band. However, I don't play the guitar.

We managed to hang in there. Today when people get married there's a tendency to run away when things get tough. There is a lot of strength in hanging together.

You'd find it easier to be bad than good if you had red hair." — Anne Shirley

We can unravel the logic behind who succeeds and who doesn't.

I was involved in some peaceful protests.