In the street, the gaze of desire is furtive or menacing.
There is no reason for a civilian to have an automatic weapon.
Temptations come, as a general rule, when they are sought.
Those who give of themselves rarely regret it.
I was born a singer. I need to do that.
You know, you can only lead them from behind.
When the going gets tough, the tough get empirical.
Administering another country is always a very tricky proposition.
I lived in the Muslim world for 10 years.
I understand Spanish better than I speak it.
It's a wise thing to hold back.
Caesar's wife must be above suspicion.
I hate everything which is not in myself.
Alimony is the curse of the writing class.
The natural role of twentieth-century man is anxiety.
Boredom slays more of existence than war.
May your choices reflect your hopes, not your fears.
Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.
Faction is that hybrid of documented fact and novelistic elaboration.
Writer’s block is only a failure of the ego.
A winner is a dreamer who never gives up
