Don't look at me in that tone of voice.
Salary is no object: I want only enough to keep body and soul apart.
[When asked what was the inspiration for most of her work:] Need of money, dear.
Honesty means nothing until you are tested under circumstances where you are sure you could get away with dishonesty.
Gratitude - the meanest and most snivelling attribute in the world.
His books are exciting and powerful and — if I may filch the word from the booksy ones — pulsing.