They write them long because they can't write them short.

When I split an infinitive, God damn it, I split it so it stays split.

Down these mean streets a man must go who is neither tarnished nor afraid

He looked about as inconspicuous as a tarantula on a slice of angel food.

Some are able and humane men and some are low-grade individuals with the morals of a goat, the artistic integrity of a slot machine, and the manners of a floorwalker with delusions of grandeur.

It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained-glass window.

There are two kinds of truth; The truth that lights the way and the truth that warms the heart. The fist of these is science and the second is art.

It seemed like a nice neighborhood to have bad habits in.

The challenge of screenwriting is to say much in little and then take half of that little out and still preserve an effect of leisure and natural movement

At least half the mystery novels published violate the law that the solution, once revealed, must seem to be inevitable.

Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an advertising agency.

Chirren is the most dangerous creatures on the earth, with the exception of young girls between the ages of fifteen and forty-two.

Security is not the absence of danger but the presence of God no matter what the danger.

I mean, I think about it, but I don't design my record to get a certain public response.

You can't base your life's decisions on potential future regrets.

Today you have millions of Americans that feel left out and out of place in their own country, struggling to live paycheck to paycheck, called bigots because they hold on to traditional values.

Politics is not perfect but it's the best available nonviolent means of changing how we live.

An allegory is not meant to be taken literally. There is a great lack of comprehension on the part of some readers.

I love cheeseburgers and chocolate - milk, not dark, and hot chocolate with marshmallows in the winter!

I take responsibility for myself and what I do now.

To live the life you've always wanted, you must confront the issues you've always avoided.