Many fiction writers who put the science in dont get it right.

I've been accused of being a minimalist writer. I don't like a lot of verbiage in there.

Chance wore a white tuxedo with tails. On anyone else? Doopy. On him? Yes, please.

Death in anonymity is the ultimate insult to human dignity.

Who's going to rob us? A crackhead crab? A jellyfish junkie?

Why do all your brilliant ideas involve felonies?

I've never lost my capacity to be shocked.

Indecision is the key to flexibility.

Channel your outrage ... Do that which you are able to do.

Though a good cop, Luc Claudel has the patience of a firecracker, the sensitivity of Vlad the Impaler, and a persistent skepticism as to the value of forensic anthropology. Snappy dresser, though.

Experience is a valuable thing. It enables us to recognize mistakes when we repeat them.

I love reading I know it’s very important and I respect anyone that is patient enough to do it.

Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions they pass no criticisms.

We did it Disneyland, in the knowledge that most of the people I talked to thought it would be a financial disaster - closed and forgotten within the first year.

Trying to be happy without a sense of God’s presence is like trying to have a bright day without the sun.

I didn't have any pets growing up.

My hope is that God will have changed people's lives through me for the better.

The end of the trial and the 'not guilty' verdicts on all counts, clearing Michael of all charges, mean that he can now concentrate on the future and his art.

Watch a man at play for an hour and you can learn more about him than in talking to him for a year.

You can't escape the influence of architectural history.