The stage on which we play our little dramas of life and love has for most of us but one setting.

The world doesn't come to the clever folks, it comes to the stubborn, obstinate, one-idea-at-a-time people.

Peace is not a passive but an active condition, not a negation but an affirmation.

People that trust themselves a dozen miles from the city, in strange houses, with servants they don't know, needn't be surprised if they wake up some morning and find their throats cut.

Love is like the measles, all the worse when it comes late.

having considerable mind, changing it became almost as ponderous an operation as moving a barn, although not nearly so stable.

I had a vision ... of being found on the pavement by some passerby, with a small punctuation mark ending my sentence of life.

Every crucial experience can be regarded either as a setback, or the start of a wonderful new adventure, it depends on your perspective!

when knowledge comes in at the door, fear and superstition fly out of the window.

The mystery story is two stories in one: the story of what happened and the story of what appeared to happen.

Conflict is the very essence of life.

If one believes that words are acts, as I do, then one must hold writers responsible for what their words do.

Writing is Amazing!When I write I am empowered by my thoughts, entertained by my imagination, and enlightened by my wisdom.

Laugh until you cry

The best gift that you can give to your favourite person is to lead him or her to God.

...Hell, which as every frequent traveler knows, is in Concourse D of O'Hare Airport.

War is progress, peace is stagnation.

Life in Beverly Hills is a game, and I make the rules.

I am not in the least forbidden. You may sample me all you choose.

The world is a mirror, forever reflecting what you are doing, within yourself.

The income tax has made liars out of more Americans than golf.