That's what a conscience is made of, scar tissue ... Little strips and pieces of remorse sewn together year by year until they formed a distinctive pattern, a design for living.

Some people become so expert at reading between the lines they don't read the lines.

I've reached the age where anyone who lets me talk seems like an old By listening to my memories, you have become part of them.

If you go around looking for accidents, asking for them, they can't be called accidents any more.

Any good marriage involves a certain amount of play-acting.

Common sense is a vastly overrated virtue. I myself prefer the spark of genius.

Violence is the instinctive response to fear.