Not since the British raided Cologne had so many bombs landed in such a small space in such a short time.

Every Superstate has one iron rule: logic is an enemy and the truth is a menace.

We're developing a new citizenry. One that will be very selective about cereals and automobiles, but won't be able to think.

There is nothing in the dark that isn't there when the lights are on.

In almost everything I've written there is a thread of this: man's seemingly palpable need to dislike someone other than himself.

Any state, any entity, any ideology that fails to recognize the worth, the dignity, the rights of Man, that state is obsolete.

Being like everybody is the same as being nobody.

I found that it was all right to have Martians saying things Democrats and Republicans could never say.

It is difficult to produce a television documentary that is both incisive and probing when every twelve minutes one is interrupted by twelve dancing rabbits singing about toilet paper.

for civilization to survive, the human race has to remain civilized.

Coming up with ideas is the easiest thing on earth. Putting them down is the hardest.

You ought to give up detecting and try fantasy writing, Strike

Wong Kar-wai and Ang Lee are two Asian directors I'm really fond of.

What an awful thing life is, isn’t it? It’s like soup with lots of hairs floating on the surface. You have to eat it nevertheless.

I read a great number of press reports and find comfort in the fact that they are nearly always conflicting.

In the end it doesn't matter what you do.

A leech that will not quit the skin until sated with blood.

Millions of Americans are struggling to pay their mortgages. They have a right to know whether members of Congress receive sweetheart deals in order to pay for theirs.

Not wanting to disappoint is what pushed me to be successful.

Important reminder: It's not fair of you to demand more proof of Christians for their beliefs than you demand for your own.