One of the greatest gifts we can give someone is our undivided attention--a thought that whispers constantly in the ear of any author who respects their readers.

Books are like horcruxes--without all the evil--because a piece of the author goes into each one.

Paris and Fashion. Books and Art. What would one be ... without the other?

I am an old man and I have seen things get revoked. Things which looked very irrevocable.

That the Jews were unholy was a belief so ingrained by the Church [by the 14th century] that the most devout persons were the harshest in their antipathy, none more so than St. Louis.

No amount of observations of white swans can allow the inference that all swans are white, but the observation of a single black swan is sufficient to refute that conclusion.

I will not be a Democrat or a Republican. They are the problem, not the solution. We need to abolish political parties in this country.

The [Kodak is] the only witness I have encountered in my long experience that I couldn't bribe.

We should all without shame enrol in the school of contemplative prayer.

In my wildest dreams i never thought- well, I never thought I'd work

Images, not words, capture feelings in faces; nothing can ruin the atmosphere as easily as too much light.

What a joy it is to see really professional media manipulation.