The stubbornness of a weak man should never be underestimated. The weak tend to be very stubborn when they've decided on something.

It is cold at six-forty in the morning on a March day in Paris, and seems even colder when a man is about to be executed by firing squad.

In the 66 years that I have been alive, there has not been one hour, of one day, of one month, of one year, when there has not been a threat aimed at us.

On Foreign Secretary Robin Cook: If a man cannot keep a measly affair secret, what is he doing in charge of the Intelligence Service?

The Internet offers authors and their readers a new diversity of opportunities and freedom.

The British have always coped without becoming a dictatorship.

As ever with modern Britain, we are let down by a vast, over-manned, over-funded, hidebound, obstructive, box-ticking and incompetent bureaucracy.

… Shannon’s fingers itched to smash the man in the face. Inside his head he kept telling himself, Keep cool, baby, absolutely cool.

Elves don't shimmer

I don't believe in God, don't believe in the devil. Unless you want to count my mother. She might be Satan's sister, I suppose.

Censors are energetic and righteous people but they just couldn't work a room like Abbe Lane.

As you explore your inner world, your outer world will come more sharply into focus. As you face your imagined barriers, you will encounter real ones, as well.

Show people how to have success and then you can push their expectations up.

Heavy blizzards start as a gentle and persistent snow.

If we are not able to smile, then the world will not have peace.

True understanding is the spur of genius

To succeed, work hard, never give up and above all cherish a magnificent obsession.