Dangerous thing, giving humanity the knowledge of good and evil. And the capacity to make the wrong choice more often than not.

I haven't got anything against cats. I haven't got anything against elk either, but that doesn't mean I'm going to keep one in the store so I'll have a place to hang my hat.

Donald Westlake's Parker novels are among the small number of books I read over and over. Forget all that crap you've been telling yourself about War and Peace and Proust-these are the books you'll want on that desert island.

It's the easiest thing in the world to know God's will. You just wait and see what happens, and that's it.

One aspect of serendipity to bear in mind is that you have to be looking for something in order to find something else.

Booze and tobacco and lots of sex. It keeps a lad young.

When you get older, keeping the private stuff private seems less important.