What do men want? They want a lot of pals, and they wish that people wouldn't get so mad at them.

Don't be reckless with other peoples hearts. And don't put up with people that are reckless with yours.

Before you kill somebody, make absolutely sure he isn't well connected. So it goes.

The Bible may be the Greatest Story Ever Told, but the most popular story you can ever tell is about a good-looking couple having a really swell time copulating outside wedlock, and having to quit for one reason or another while doing it is still a novelty.

Never trust a survivor until you know how they survived.

One might be led to suspect that there were all sorts of things going on in the Universe which he or she did not thoroughly understand.

Give your readers as much information as possible as soon as possible. To heck with suspense. Readers should have such complete understanding of what is going on, where and why, that they could finish the story themselves, should cockroaches eat the last few pages.