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

what you fear, you invite.

That's the worst thing about money - the moment you have some you begin to suspect everyone of trying to take it away from you. And usually they are.

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

... law is a substitute for love.

To the Latin, cynicism and middle age are synonymous. Look at our politicians - they move through their careers from left to center to right, like the hands of a clock.

Falling in love is like religious conversion. It goes on for a long time below the threshold before it reaches consciousness.