Faith, the least exclusive club on Earth, has the craftiest doorman.

Always, it is the poor people who pay. And always, it is the poor people's women who pay the most.

When insolvent, pack minimally, with a valise tough enough to be thrown onto a London pavement from a first- or second-floor window. Insist on hotel rooms no higher.

If I want to act relaxed, it's going to take all my cunning, skill, and concentration.

What is any ocean but a multitude of drops?

I'm a novelist, that's how I make my livelihood, and I concentrate on the novels.

Perpetual encagement endows any mirage of salvation with credibility.