The impossible could not have happened, therefore the impossible must be possible in spite of appearances.

The urge to write one's autobiography, so I have been told, overtakes everyone sooner or later.

The happy people are failures because they are on such good terms with themselves they don't give a damn.

It is ridiculous to set a detective story in New York City. New York City is itself a detective story.

Dogs are wise. They crawl away into a quiet corner and lick their wounds and do not rejoin the world until they are whole once more.

Evil is not any superhuman, but it is HUMAN.

A weak man in a corner is more dangerous than a strong man.