-Who knows about this? -Just me, the police, the killer, and now you.

Impulsive actions led to trouble, and trouble could have unpleasant consequences.

I am a rapist and a sadistic pig,' if you get that tattoo removed I will carve it into your forehead, do you understand?

Always retain the ability to walk away, without sentimentality, from a situation that felt unmanageable. That was a basic rule of survival. Don't lift a finger for a lost cause.

Men who just call to say hello generally have ulterior motives.

Everyone has secrets. It's just a matter of finding out what they are

But if you want to win, you're going to have to fight.

There were not so many physical threats that could not be countered with a decent hammer.

No, I don't believe in God, but I respect the fact that you do. Everyone has to have something to believe in.

I know what kind of things I myself have been irritated by in detective stories. They are often about one or two persons, but they don't describe anything in the society outside.

I'm not going to apologize for the way I've led my life.

The particular human chain we're a part of is central to our individual identity.

The poor and the busy have no leisure for sentimental sorrow.

My vocabulary is adequate for writing notes and keeping journals but absolutely useless for an active moral life.

If you had a jetpack you'd be like I have the shittiest jetpack. Who's your service provider on your jetpack? Did they make the new one? I hate this thing.

Know how to behave at a buffet. Take a clean plate for a second helping.

I think ethics is always there; it's not always a very thoughtful or reflective ethics.

Every other start-up wants to be another United or Delta or American. We just want to get rich.

You want people using your product because it's a part of your life, then they can't stop using it.

It has always seemed to me that Barack Obama has studied intensely and learned a great deal from Lincoln.