When a book, any sort of book, reaches a certain intensity of artistic performance it becomes literature.

When I split an infinitive, God damn it, I split it so it stays split.

Down these mean streets a man must go who is neither tarnished nor afraid

He looked about as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food.

Some are able and humane men and some are low-grade individuals with the morals of a goat, the artistic integrity of a slot machine, and the manners of a floorwalker with delusions of grandeur.

It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained-glass window.

There are two kinds of truth; The truth that lights the way and the truth that warms the heart. The fist of these is science and the second is art.

It seemed like a nice neighborhood to have bad habits in.

The challenge of screenwriting is to say much in little and then take half of that little out and still preserve an effect of leisure and natural movement

At least half the mystery novels published violate the law that the solution, once revealed, must seem to be inevitable.

Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an advertising agency.

'Twilight' has ruined me. When this is all over, flying internationally is going to be very hard for me. It is just not worth it to buy a first-class ticket, because of the cost.

In a critical sense, doing nothing can mean doing something. Inaction can be action and embracing this paradox can save your life.

The audience is never wrong.

Reconciliation with our enemies is simply a desire to better our condition, a weariness of war, or the fear of some unlucky thing from occurring.

You must realize you are not the doer, that you are not the action.

To me, the most interesting part of 'True Blood' is that the entire crux of the show is based on identity and finding your true identity.

Evil has only the power we give it.

The great thing about America is you can live according to your faith. If you're faith says don't use birth control then you don't use it.

These days people seek knowledge, not wisdom. Knowledge is of the past, wisdom is of the future.