A man doesn't wasnt to feel that a woman cares more for him than he cares for her. He doesn't want to feel owned, body and soul. It's that damned possessive attitude. This man is mine---he belongs to me! He wants to get away --- to get free. He wants to own his woman; he doesn't want her to own him.(Simon Boyle)

Do you know my friend that each one of us is a dark mystery, a maze of conflicting passions and desire and aptitudes?

People should be interested in books, not their authors.

One must accept the fact that we have only one companion in this world, a companion who accompanies us from the cradle to the grave - our own self. Get on good terms with that companion - learn to live with yourself.

From an early age I knew very strongly the lust to kill.

But no artist, I now realize, can be satisfied with art alone. There is a natural craving for recognition which cannot be gain-said.

the detective's highest talent lay in the gentle art of seeking favours under the guise of conferring them!