I'm going to die with my mind intact. And to me that is the most exciting way you could possibly die.

The imagination is always the best torturer.

My job is essentially that of an entertainer, no different to that of a musician, no different to that of an actor. I just happen to be an author.

I have found in life that everything, no matter how bad, comes to an end.

Winning is a state of mind that embraces everything you do.

I was born illegitimately and almost immediately, as I understand it, placed in an orphanage. So my very earliest memories were in an orphanage. It was the tag end of the Great Depression when I was born. People were desperately poor.

. . . besides love, independence of thought is the greatest gift an adult can give a child.