I want people to react to my work, to think, to question, to challenge, to cry and laugh and feel.

One thing I’ve noticed about getting older, it takes twice as much work to get half the results one formerly achieved by falling out of bed.

I’m never wrong? Who besides Republican presidents and evil masterminds can say that with a straight face?

The problem with a life spent reading is you know too much.

All cynics are disappointed idealists. The more stars in the eyes, the harder the fall.

I never meant to get involved with you, Adrien. Rest easy; you're not.

I hadn't liked him at first. He did sort of grow on you after a while. Like the cosmopolitans. Or maybe because of the cosmopolitans.