Habit is far stronger than the lessons of experience.

Every criminal leaves psychic fingerprints. And he can't wear gloves to hide them.

the old ploy of the powerful: never refuse when you can confuse. Distraction and delay are always better than obstruction.

Wouldn't it be kinder to say that a lie is a short work of fiction? 'A story' as my daughter says?

most of our social and educational institutions are designed to weed out or make over people ... until we produce a world where everyone is a smart, quick-witted, aggressive person living on the surface of the mind without ever looking into the depths.

Thunderstorms were rare in California, but when they came they were, like most things in California, larger than life.

fiction and lies are both works of creative art, and creation always reveals the creator.