We all now tell stories by cutting from one dramatic scene to the next, whereas Victorian novelists felt free to write long passages of undramatic summary.

Without books I would not have become a vivacious reader, and if you are not a reader you are not a writer.

Why do you have to be the same as the others? ...Most of them are stupid.

She loved him because he had brought her back to life. She had been like a caterpillar in a cocoon, and he had drawn her out and shown her that she was a butterfly.

When you've lost everything, you've got nothing to lose.

Having faith in God did not mean sitting back and doing nothing. It meant believing you would find success if you did your best honestly and energetically.

The CIA's research program is described in a book called "The Search for the Manchurian Candidate."

Trusting someone was like holding a little water in your cupped hands - it was so easy to spill the water, and you could never get it back.

The degradation to which you subject others comes back, sooner or later, to haunt you.

In my books, women often solve the problem. Even if the woman is not the hero, she's a strong character. She does change the plot. She'll often rescue the male character from some situation.

In both cases, weakness and scruples had defeated strength and ruthlessness.

Do not let the transient bitterness of the journey steal happiness from your life.

Now as to politeness... I would venture to call it benevolence in trifles.

The surest way to be alone is to get married.

We take the shortest route to the puck and arrive in ill humor.

Class clowns are never allowed to date anybody decent, but you don't get beaten up, you're invited to parties, and everybody likes you.

I love sports. If I could be a baseball player I would. I just am not good at it at all.

Inspiration takes many forms, but it's rarely pure.

study to practice in life that which the Lord commands, and then be you assured that you shall never hear nor read the same without fruit.

I am making a collection of the things my opponents have found me to be and, when this election is over, I am going to open a museum and put them on display.

I'm just the average guy, I fooled around a little on the side.