What makes a good book and what makes a good movie are totally different things.

Real power... comes not from hate, but from truth.

Contrary to his infallibly "honest" image, Abe wasn't above lying so long as it served a noble purpose.

I wouldn't back away from what's right just because it's hard.

I leave you, hoping that the lamp of liberty will burn in your bosoms until there shall no longer be a doubt that all mean are created free and equal.

The bottom half of the page had descended into a doodle of a tiny man giving the middle finger to a giant, angry eagle with razor-sharp talons. Beneath it, the caption: To Mock a Killing Bird.

Without death,' he answered, 'life is meaningless. It is a story that can never be told. A song that can never be sung. For how would one finish it?

So I suggest you stick close, pay attention, and avoid breaking the Terrorverse's only commandment: Thou shall not be stupid.

So long as this country is cursed with slavery, so too will it be cursed with vampires.

We may all deserve hell, but some of us deserve it sooner than others.

But if you read Jane Austen, you know that she had a wicked sense of humor. Not only was she funny, but her early writing was very dark and had a gothic tone to it.

I love you as certain dark things are to be loved, in secret, between the shadow and the soul.

Teach children the value of work and to work hard at everything they do. The virtue of compassion and value of appreciation of the hard work of others too.

Don’t hold back and save stuff for the next book. Put everything you have into the one you’re writing, - Michael Connelly

Ones there is a demand, it is our obligation to supply the answers, give the right responses for us to fully enjoy life

I think in the old days, everybody used to act really quickly because Hollywood was built by theatre people.

Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.

When you come upon a path that brings benefit and happiness to all, follow this course as the moon journeys through the stars.

What God lacks is convictions- stability of character. He ought to be a Presbyterian or a Catholic or something- not try to be everything.

The emergence of Casual Fridays has created a fine line of fashion ion dos and donts.

The Pertinent Question is NOT how to do things right - but how to find the right things to do, and to concentrate resources and efforts on them.