Without books I would not have become a vivacious reader, and if you are not a reader you are not a writer.

Why do you have to be the same as the others? ...Most of them are stupid.

She loved him because he had brought her back to life. She had been like a caterpillar in a cocoon, and he had drawn her out and shown her that she was a butterfly.

When you've lost everything, you've got nothing to lose.

Having faith in God did not mean sitting back and doing nothing. It meant believing you would find success if you did your best honestly and energetically.

The CIA's research program is described in a book called "The Search for the Manchurian Candidate."

Trusting someone was like holding a little water in your cupped hands - it was so easy to spill the water, and you could never get it back.

The degradation to which you subject others comes back, sooner or later, to haunt you.

In my books, women often solve the problem. Even if the woman is not the hero, she's a strong character. She does change the plot. She'll often rescue the male character from some situation.

In both cases, weakness and scruples had defeated strength and ruthlessness.

The duck swallows the worm, the fox kills the duck, the men shoot the fox, and the devil hunts the men.

A unique human trait is that we try to find meaning in the things that happen to us.

I've done some stupid things I regret, but I've managed to keep my integrity. Which is important because integrity is fragile. Break it once and it's gone forever.

Be all that you can be.You can be great.

There is the potential for your beliefs to be infinite and limitless.

To keep your character intact you cannot stoop to filthy acts. It makes it easier to stoop the next time.

Sometimes what works in a book is too "in your face" when converted to the big screen and sound.

It is a shame for a man to desire honor because of his noble progenitors, and not to deserve it by his own virtue.

Were getting closer and closer to finding a habitable world.

I do what I do for the people who believe in me, not for the jerks who don't.

I try not to make plans. God always laughs at your plans.