In the taxi I let my hand lie on her leg like a promise, but I had no intention of keeping my promise.

The hands of the guilty don't necessarily tremble; only in stories does a dropped glass betray agitation. Tension is more often shown in the studied action.

My fellow journalists called themselves correspondents; I preferred the title of reporter. I wrote what I saw. I took no action -- even an opinion is a kind of action.

A ruling passion gives to a shelf of novels the unity of a system.

God created a number of possibilities in case some of his prototypes failed - that is the meaning of evolution.

Fame is a powerful aphrodisiac.

I wish sometimes you had a few bad motives, you might understand a little more about human beings.