The portieres were drawn across the French windows now, veiling the stars outside - that were there nevertheless. ("Speak To Me Of Death")

That's a man's vital spot, the helpless thing he loves. ("Jane Brown's Body")

...all a guy can do is die once. The big difference is whether he dies clean - or dirty... ("I'm Dangerous Tonight")

Extreme joy and extreme sorrow are indistinguishable beyond a certain point. ("Jane Brown's Body")

And the blood remembers what the heart has never learned. The approach to kill. ("The Moon Of Montezuma")

Men's loyalty to their women dies hard - and almost always too late. ("I'm Dangerous Tonight")

But that's the Way, and there is no other. And once his mind's made up, the trembling and aimless walking stops, and he can look doom in the face without flinching. ("Jane Brown's Body")

The sightseers would have been disappointed, as the real thing always makes a poorer show than the fake. ("I'm Dangerous Tonight")

The worst of me is the raw material from which God molds the best of me.

Treachery and violence are a just return for treachery and violence.

Everyone has something that blocks us from the full experience and expression of our nobility.

Freedom means you are unobstructed in living your life as you choose. Anything less is a form of slavery.

For some reason, I find that in the course of my career I've worked with more women than most men have.

We intend to leave it without further discussion. We respect this request by the government of Uzbekistan

If you don't like something about yourself, change it. If you're OK with it, you gotta own it. There's nothing in between.

Follow your instincts and live with the consequences.

I don't hero worship for the sake of hero worship. When I find people who are truly remarkable - and I think Joseph Needham is a classic example - I do value their counsel.

If ignorance is bliss, why aren't more people happy?