Writing is not a profession, occupation or job; it is not a way of life: it is a comprehensive response to life.

Life is a horse: either you ride it or it rides you.

Writing mysteries lets me get away with murder. I think 'the mystery' may be the greatest form for social criticism, simply because it is pedestrian.

The heart is a sacred home.

Subject to the law(s) of nature, hate is born to die

Never did an eye see the sun unless it had first become sun-like, and never can the soul have vision of the First Beauty unless itself be beautiful.

If you're an English actor, and you're asked to do an episode - especially the Christmas episode - of 'Downton Abbey, ' you can't turn it down. It's like, 'Of course!'

The ultimate compliment a customer can make to an organization about one of its marketing people is: "I'm not sure whether your sales rep works for me or for you."

Everything was set for us to play a real good game. Then we left the dressing room and everything went to hell.

You've gotta do things that make you happy.

When you consider yourself valuable you will take care of yourself in all ways that are necessary.

I would like travelers, especially American travelers, to travel in a way that broadens their perspective.

We keep, in science, getting a more and more sophisticated view of our essential ignorance.