We do not judge great art. It judges us.

A well-composed book is a magic carpet on which we are wafted to a world that we cannot enter in any other way.

As a rule, one must write a great many words before one learns to write well.

... passion, once unleashed, has a way of unleashing other passions -- a principle adhered to as firmly by the police force of any large modern city as by the Greek tragedians.

A first book often has enough material in it for half a dozen.

It was strange how you could never form any conclusion from what women said. It was not that they did not know what they were talking about, but you never drew the right conclusions.

All his life, Klaus had believed that if you read enough books, you could solve any problem, but now he wasn't so sure.

I've hung on for a long time in this business and had some success, and I think it's keeping an open mind and being curious and having a sense of humor about oneself that's important.

I would have worked no matter what. I was born and raised that way. It occurred to me to be married second.

A great library easily begets affection, which may deepen into love.

I grew up playing in clubs - that's my spiritual stomping ground.

Too much indulgence has ruined thousands of children; too much love not one.

I've been offered lots of movies. There's always some actor who's doing a project and would like to have me do it.

I’ve been on a lot of shows that nobody cared about. This one’s fun because a lot more people are interested in the show, wanting to talk about the mystery and that kind of stuff.

If we suppose that many natural phenomena are in effect computations, the study of computer science can tell us about the kinds of natural phenomena that can occur.

When something's got to give, family always wins. I couldn't live with myself if it was the other way.