An automobile has about 10,000 moving parts, right? An airplane has two million, and it has to stay up in the air.

You’re crazy, ” he hisses. “Too true.

Slowly the poison the whole blood stream fills. It is not the effort nor the failure tires. The waste remains, the waste remains and kills.

Being poor is a state of mind, not a condition.

Money is a stupid measure of achievement, but unfortunately it is the only universal measure we have.

Now, it it well known that one cannot step on a tack without saying something about it.

A flirt is like a dipper attached to a hydrant; every one is at liberty to drink from it, but no one desires to carry it away.

Concision is a technique of propaganda. It ensures you cannot do anything except repeat clichés, the standard doctrine, or sound like a lunatic.

The morality of art consists in the perfect use of an imperfect medium.

For me, equal citizenship for Muslims, Christians, Jews, Atheists and Agnostics is an indisputable principle. Whoever you are, you should get the same rights with no discussion and no compromise.

You have to know human behaviour … And the quality of your writing is absolutely capped at your understanding of human behaviour. You’ll never write above what you know about people.