I distrust a man that says when. If he's got to be careful not to drink to much it's because he's not to be trusted when he does.

The cheaper the crook, the gaudier the patter.

He looked rather pleasantly, like a blonde satan.

Joel Cairo: You always have a very smooth explanation ready.Sam Spade: What do you want me to do, learn to stutter?

Yes, ' Spade growled. 'And when you're slapped you'll take it and like it.' He released Cairo's wrist and with a thick open hand struck the side of his face three times savagely.

No definite sciencewithout trial & error.

It's impossible to put yourself first when you're a mom.

My favorite puzzle is trying to work out the parts myself, after all it is a solo effort.

Our bodies change our minds and our minds can change our behavior and our behavior can change our outcomes.

I know that I'm a real writer because sometimes I write a story just because I want to; not because someone's told me to.

Condoms will break, but I can assure you that vows of abstinence will break more easily than condoms.

I wanted to write about Afghanistan before the Soviet war because that is largely a forgotten period in modern Afghan history.

I always wanted to be a father and thought it would be great, but it just took the right woman and the right time to make it all happen.

There's no way up but down.

The whole deal is when you walk onstage, you're up there bigger than life. People idolize you.