There is nothing more thrilling in this world, I think, than having a child that is yours, and yet is mysteriously a stranger.

A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity, it dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path.

An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her.

I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness - to save oneself trouble.

It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story.

Very few of us are what we seem.

Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and do not rejoin the world until they are whole once more.

Nobody knows what another person is thinking. They may imagine they do, but they are nearly always wrong.

Fear is incomplete knowledge.

Books are a habit-forming drug.

I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.

I believe that music is connected by human passions and curiosities rather than by marketing strategies.

I aspire to inspire before I expire.

The wind picks up, but instead of putting his sweatshirt back on, he just fits the hood over his head. As he walks forward, it billows behind him like a cape.

If a psychiatric and scientific inquiry were to be made upon our rulers, mankind would be appalled at the disclosures.

What is light without dark? Right without left? What is goodness without the option to be evil?

If we can send a guy to the moon we can certainly go a quarter of a mile and not get hurt.

It is frankly a mistake of amateurs to believe you can gain the upper hand in a diplomatic negotiation.

Dallas Mavericks want me as a bald-headed 5' 8" guard with a 95" vertical. Vince Carter respect my legs, ask Shawn Kemp.

Even the most irresistible flowering plant, one that I call a 'key' performer, is part of a whole cast; it has to be considered as a component in an overall look as well as for its individual charms.

It’s easier to win the National Championship than the SEC, ask Nick Saban.