The wet air was as cold as the ashes of love.

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.

It seemed to me that this world has a serious shortage of both logic and kindness.

To understand the universe, look deep into your heart.

God blesses us so that we might bless others!

It took me a long, long time to learn what I now know, and I don't want that to die with me.

I wanted to be a psychologist. You know, I thought that's what I'd be doing and it just goes to show you that, if you tell God your plans, He will laugh in your face.

She - philosophy is equally helpful to the rich and poor: neglect her, and she equally harms the young and old.

Man is a parrot in the House of History; he listens and then he repeats the same crap over and over!

The resurrection is God's way of getting our attention.

No better love than love with no objective, no more satisfying work than work with no purpose. If you could give up tricks and cleverness, that would be the cleverest trick!

God loves us more than a father, mother, friend, or any else could love, and even more than we are able to love ourselves.