When is conduct a crime, and when is a crime not a crime? When "Somebody Up There" - a monarch, a dictator, a Pope, a legislator - so decrees.

You may not be able to change the world, but at least you can embarrass the guilty.

Gracious dying is a huge, macabre and expensive joke on the American public.

[On the United States:] A nation which does not appreciate that the simple elocution exercise 'Merry Mary married hairy Harry' contains not one but three vowel sounds.

Objectivity? I've always had an objective.

Picking other people's brains is an art worth cultivating.

Things on the whole are much faster in America; people don't 'stand for election', they 'run for office.'

Enemies are, to me, as important as friends in my life, and when they die I mourn their passing.

The character and mentality of the keepers may be of more importance in understanding prisons than the character and mentality of the kept.

I have nothing against undertakers personally. It's just that I wouldn't want one to bury my sister.

Growing up in the English countryside seemed an interminable process. Freezing winter gave way to frosty spring, which in turn merged into chilly summer-but nothing ever, ever happened.

You will make better decisions once you begin thinking long-term rather than short-term.

Ta-da!" The man whipped open his coat.Shit! He wasn't wearing any clothes at all. She grimaced. Just her luck to go vampire hunting and find a flasher.

It is not our high purposes alone that make us moving creatures, but our humble needs and cravings.

People need patience. It takes time to build a brand.

If you were an optimistic teen, then you'll be an optimist at 80. People's reactions to bad events are highly stable over a half century or more.

If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer.

Perhaps I know best why it is man alone who laughs; he alone suffers so deeply that he had to invent laughter.

Young people, when informed and empowered, when they realize that what they do truly makes a difference, can indeed change the world.

To be a good detective you must also think like a crook, an immoral, unethical or unlawful person

My generation will actually be the first generation that is tamer than the one that came before it, and it will probably be poorer; less fun and less money.