Problems are there to be solved. How dull life would be without them.

We drank our coffee the Russian way. That is to say we had vodka before it and vodka afterwards.

Desire is an appetite, quickly sated. Longing is a wound, an opening in the heart or the spirit. Whatever the cause, whatever the duration, it almost always leaves a scar.

One of the joys of being in love is that it clarifies your priorities. Complication arises from not knowing what you want.

I wanted her body and soul, but body first.

The future can always wait so long as the here-and-now is rapturous.

To rehearse imaginary conversations on paper is called literature. To do so out loud is called madness.

I was already at an age when putting off anything was a bad idea.

I said, 'I need to know how he died.'He flipped back and pointed at, 'Why?'So I can stop inventing how he died. I'm always inventing.

The Government is making a fool of itself by attributing all terrorism and acts against the government only to one single patriot

Words are truly the image of the soul.

My family didn't have money to travel, so reading was how I knew about the world. It made me hungry to have more experiences than just what I could possibly experience in Arkansas.

Like everyone else, I try to do quality work with great directors. But much of it has to do with luck.

If slander be a snake, it is a winged one - it flies as well as creeps.

Not two strong men the enormous weight could raise,- Such men as live in these degenerate days.

If you want to cry, you're not going to like my books.

The scientist's inquiry into the causes of things is providing an ever more extensive understanding of nature.

A dollar is not worth as much as you think it is. Your honesty is worth much more.