We're all pilgrims on the same journey but some pilgrims have better road maps.

If everyone howled at every injustice, every act of barbarism, every act of unkindness, then we would be taking the first step towards a real humanity.

I like the process of pencil and paper as opposed to a machine. I think the writing is better when it's done in handwriting.

There are Mafia families that have bought magnificent houses on the North Shore, although not yet the great estates because they don't want that kind of high profile.

I generally unwind by having dinner with close friends.

Somehow our devils are never quite what we expect when we meet them face to face.

Everyone looked pensive, which is good cover-up for clueless.

How you handle life depends a lot on how you handle plan B, or if you have a plan B.

…made me promise to cut down on the drinking and swearing, which I have. Unfortunately, this has left me dim-witted and nearly speechless.

I sometimes use some personality traits to fashion part of a character. Most of my characters are composites of either people I know or people in the public eye.

Lawrence Kelter is an exciting new novelist, who reminds me of an early Robert Ludlum.

All artists are willing to suffer for their work. But why are so few prepared to learn to draw?

You’ve been inexpressibly lucky, ” he said finally. “And inexpressibly mad, although in your case the two seem to be the same thing

Every time I took a long leave from home, I felt as if I were going to conquer the world. Or rather, take possession of what is my birthright, my inheritance.

it is good to have measured myself, to recognize my limitations.

Commander: What's that? Foaly: It's a finger, what does look like?

You never cared enough to be Black

We provide many options in many product areas that they seem to want to adopt, and that's working well for us.

Familiarity so dulls the edge of perception as to make us least acquainted with things forming part of our daily life.

I would tell myself the same thing that I continue to tell myself today, which is don't sweat the small things.

The battlefield is cold... it is the lonesomest place which men share together.