They want us dead, ' said Bond calmly. 'So we have to stay alive.

He shrugged his shoulders to shift the pain of failure---the pain that is so much greater than the pleasure of success.

And people with obsessions, reflected Bond, were blind to danger.

His headache was still sitting over his right eye as if it had been nailed there.

Each dark conjecture came and for a moment settled like a vulture on Bond's shoulder and croaked into his ear that he had been a blind fool.

In angry protest the red telephone splintered the silence.

Champagne and Benzedrine! Never again.

In time, all great masterpieces turn into shameless creatures who laugh at their creators.

If human beings cannot inhabit the earth, where else could they live?

Whenever you look in front and see a lot of people ahead of you, take time to look at the long queue behind you. Let us live a life of contentment.

Freedom is the right to one's dignity as a man.

I tried not to make God this big deal in Joan's life. She treats God like a friend: she's nice to him some days, and other days mean, and then cries when she needs help.

You can think of creativity as applied imagination.

Hip-Hop is being spoken through spirituality... Meaning that you'll be able to listen to it spiritually for yourself.

I like Jailhouse Rock and Love Me Tender. The black-and-white films. With music, I tend more toward the '70s stuff because I was at the shows for those, so they bring back memories.

The best way to become a billionaire is to help a billion people.