I have always regarded divorce as essentially disagreeable, like castor oil, but necessary.

The world doesn't come to the clever folks, it comes to the stubborn, obstinate, one-idea-at-a-time people.

Peace is not a passive but an active condition, not a negation but an affirmation.

People that trust themselves a dozen miles from the city, in strange houses, with servants they don't know, needn't be surprised if they wake up some morning and find their throats cut.

Love is like the measles, all the worse when it comes late.

having considerable mind, changing it became almost as ponderous an operation as moving a barn, although not nearly so stable.

I had a vision ... of being found on the pavement by some passerby, with a small punctuation mark ending my sentence of life.

Every crucial experience can be regarded either as a setback, or the start of a wonderful new adventure, it depends on your perspective!

when knowledge comes in at the door, fear and superstition fly out of the window.

The mystery story is two stories in one: the story of what happened and the story of what appeared to happen.

Conflict is the very essence of life.

Man is an intelligence in servitude to his organs.

The digital camera has given me total freedom and a different way of filming.

May cricket continue to flourish and spread its wings. The world can only be richer for it.

Underway on nuclear power.

Be calm in the face of all common disgraces.

Black women rock the cradle, and whoever rocks the cradle rocks the future.

We have learned that history is something that takes no notice whatever of our expectations.

Good comedy doesn't have to be a comedy idea.

Don't let fatigue make a coward of you.

Our thoughts are a field of energy cycles, a mind field, and just by our thoughts alone we impact not only ourselves but those around us as well.