The world is so dreadfully managed, one hardly knows to whom to complain.

All millionaires love a baked apple.

To be sympathetic without discrimination is so very debilitating.

I remember the average curate at home as something between a eunuch and a snigger.

There was a pause - just long enough for an angel to pass, flying slowly.

She lay on her back, looking up at the sky, feeling no desire to move or think or know that there was any time beyond this moment.

Falling in love is a crazy thing to do. It's kind of like a form of socially acceptable insanity.

I believe that in a contest between the living and the almost living, the latter must, if necessary, give way to the will of the former.

People like passion in politics.

I'm always collecting emotions for future reference.

I storyboard every shot of my thrillers in general. I draw them out and do them.

I prefer to express myself physically, or non-verbally. I prefer just to react without having a lot of dialogue.

Worry is one of the most destructive scourges of mankind.

I think that's what being a chef is all about: camaraderie and teamwork. I never feel that it should be so cutthroat that you can't help the other chefs.

Every city I go to is an opportunity to paint, whether it's Omaha or Hawaii.