... there are many to whom money has no personal appeal, but who can be tempted by the power it confers.

A mother's love for her child is like nothing else in the world. It knows no law, no pity, it dares all things and crushes down remorselessly all that stands in its path.

An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her.

I don't think necessity is the mother of invention. Invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness - to save oneself trouble.

It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story.

Very few of us are what we seem.

Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and do not rejoin the world until they are whole once more.

Nobody knows what another person is thinking. They may imagine they do, but they are nearly always wrong.

Fear is incomplete knowledge.

Books are a habit-forming drug.

I like living. I have sometimes been wildly, despairingly, acutely miserable, racked with sorrow, but through it all I still know quite certainly that just to be alive is a grand thing.

There are natural phases to all life and wherever you are in life, you are perfectly becoming.

Each of us has a tongue and a voice. These instruments of speech can be used destructively or employed constructively.

Victor was the first to speak, and when he did, it was with an eloquence and composure perfectly befitting the situation

I've bought more music for my Ipod in one year than I bought in the last ten years of my life.

Oh, it can't be a reference to the fact Harry's a great Seeker, that's way too obvious. There must be a secret message from Dumbledore hidden in the icing!

It is fun to be alive. It's a hell of a lot better than being dead.

Acting is very competitive. There are few good scripts out there and the ones that are good are very competitive. You look at your options and often times they're not too appealing.

I guess the issue for me is to keep things dynamic.

And if my present actions strike you as foolish, let's just say I've been accused of folly by a fool.

The wheel is come full circle.