Woe, woe, woe... in a little while we shall all be dead. Therefore let us behave as though we were dead already.

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.

You shouldn't do that, " said Laura. "You could set yourself on fire.

Heroes aren't heroes because they worship the light, but because they know the darkness all to well to stand down and live with it.

I can see how a relationship with a writer would be an easy thing.

What I like is a life that is full of surprises and [that has] no routine.

nothing ventured, nothing gained.

The problem with the immigration debate, it's probably is the most poisoned and political debate of any issue, because you have this huge voting bloc that everybody says is yours

Americans want to be protected, but not at the cost of vitiating the values that make us Americans.

Saints are people who belong fully to God. They are not afraid of being mocked, misunderstood or marginalized.

In the beginning, when I was trying to write, I couldnt turn off the outside world to the extent that I can now.

I'll trust myself, myself shall be my friend.