We must watch over our modesty in the presence of those who cannot understand its grounds.

Somebody told me I should put a pebble in my mouth to cure my stuttering. Well, I tried it, and during a scene I swallowed the pebble. That was the end of that.

A body of work such as Pasteur's is inconceivable in our time: no man would be given a chance to create a whole science. Nowadays a path is scarcely opened up when the crowd begins to pour in.

We spend our time envying people whom we wouldn't wish to be.

My pessimism extends to the point of even suspecting the sincerity of other pessimists.

Kill one man, and you are a murderer. Kill millions of men, and you are a conqueror. Kill them all, and you are a god.

Kill one man, and you are murderer.

Science has made us gods even before we are worthy of being men.

To be adult is to be alone.

A man is not old as long as he is seeking something.

In order to remain true to oneself one ought to renounce one's party three times a day.

What differentiates victors and victims are visions and vigor. Victims won't get the vim to step out of their situations.

It takes a revolution, to create a solution

Things were somehow so good that they were in danger of becoming very bad because what is fully mature is very close to rotting

Fashion changes, Style remains

I am often asked why I use a variety of pen names. The answer is that this way readers always know which of my three worlds they will be entering when they pick up one of my books.

I took interest in Paris Hilton at one point and got fascinated with her voice.

Well, the big elephant in the whole system is the baby boomer generation that marches through like a herd of elephants. And we begin to retire in 2008.

In hard times, gold is a good friend and good friend is gold!

If you knew who walked beside you at all times, on the path that you have chosen, you could never experience fear or doubt again.

One man loved the pilgrim soul in you, And loved the sorrows of your changing face.