I had heard of offices feeling like prisons, but in this case our prison felt, rather anticlimactically, like an office.

Monsters are easy, Miss Rook. They're monsters. But a monster in a suit? That's basically just a wicked man, and a wicked man is a more dangerous thing by far.

We are not the policy department, except for those of us who are, " Jackaby revised.

I whispered across the bars to Jackaby as I rose, "Shall I tell them the truth?""Have you killed anyone?" he asked, quietly."No, of course not!""Then I can't imagine why you shouldn't.

To the attention of the New Fiddleham Police Department: You've got my middle-C, and I would like it back....Please return Jackaby's tuning fork. He's getting even more obnoxious than usual.

People judge you by what they see outside of you, But don't let them judge you, because they never see what is inside of you.

The American government is a rule of the people, by the people, for the bosses.

God does not call us to be successful, but to be obedient.

No diet will remove all the fat from your body because the brain is entirely fat. Without a brain, you might look good, but all you could do is run for public office.

At the core of investigative journalism is exactly the same thing that drives a page-turning thriller: telling a great story.

Everybody thought New York was this hard, cruel place, and I found it to be an extraordinarily wonderful place filled with the most interesting people.

It's hard to say what iconically will hit, resonate and stay with people.

Me, personally, I'm just happy. I have a great mother. I have two great sisters. I couldn't ask for more. I'm healthy. I do what I love.

Every move you make has already been done, and taken the piss out of.

If you're absent during my struggle, don't expect to be present during my success.