Truth must necessarily be stranger than fiction

A star does not cease to be a star because it is surrounded by darkness.

If a tree falls in the forest and kills your ex-wife, what do you do with the lumber?

I refuse to leave our children with a debt that they cannot repay.

You're only as smart as your ERA.

I loved New Jersey. I thought it was the greatest place in the world because on Halloween kids could start trick or treating right after school. Isn't that great?

The real significance of crime is in its being a breach of faith with the community of mankind.

It is good to view things as familiar or unfamiliar, rather than as difficult or easy.

If all you're trying to do is essentially the same thing as your rivals, then it's unlikely that you'll be very successful.

Hope is a punishable offense. The verdict is always death; one more death of the heart.

You almost have to create situations in order to write about them, so I live in a constant state of self-imposed poverty. I don't want to live any other way.