Ruth knew very well what the killer thought he had heard: he'd heard the sound of someone trying not to make a sound - that's what he'd heard.

You can't learn everything you need to know legally.

A novel is always more complicated than it seems at the beginning. Indeed a novel should be more complicated than it seems at the beginning.

Rain clouds and stormy moods take time to blow away, but sooner or later the sun always comes out.

Reverence for greatness dies out, and is succeeded by base envy of greatness.

I think the reward for doing comedy is doing the comedy itself. You get to go to work everyday and laugh and make other people laugh and to me there's no greater reward than that.

And the seriousness with which the other party takes my words always raises the doubt whether I have taken them seriously enough myself.

After the war, once the bop revolution had taken hold, there were all kinds of young musicians, talented young musicians, who were ready for this fusion of classical and jazz.

I think it's so important for all of us to be able to see ourselves represented in the books we read and the movies and TV shows we watch.

Sadder than the beggar is the man who eats alone in public.

Under Armour is new, aggressive, slick, classic but athletic - kind of how I always wanted to be perceived.

Leadership is the art of the future.

Let your works climb the stars; but you yourself stay on the ground!