I still get up every morning at 4 A.M. I write seven days a week, including Christmas. And I still face a blank page every morning, and my characters don't really care how many books I've sold.

Pain is a part of growing-up. It is how we learn.

When in doubt, just spit it out. That all challenges can be overcome by speaking the truth, no matter how itcomes out.

The information was kept hidden for the same reason we keep matches from children. In the correct hands, fire can provide illumination... but in the wrong hands, fire can be highly destructive.

I would have thought you'd import an English staff?" "Good heavens, no! I would not wish a British chef on anyone except the French tax collectors.

A little faith can do wonders.

Neutrinos have mass? i didn't even know they're Catholic!" Robert to Vittoria