Would you believe it's harder to find a virgin than a unicorn in New York?

I do not care if they do not like me," he said. "Maybe then they will let me alone, and I will not have to stay in China." The thought visibly struck him, and his head came up with sudden enthusiasm. "If I were very offensive, do you suppose they would go away now?" he asked. "Laurence, what would be particularly insulting" Hammond looked like Pandora, the box open and horrors loose upon the world. Laurence was inclined to laugh, but he stifled it out of sympathy.

I should rather have you than a heap of gold, even if it were very comfortable to sleep on.

I will tell you what we shall do: if ever you need to rescue Catherine, or you Berkley, Maximus, I will help you, and you will do as much for me. Then we do not need to worry, I do not suppose anyone could stop all three of us, at least not before we can escape

As a novelist you have just unlimited budget, total creative control. You really get to have your cake - all the cake - and then you can have a second cake if you wanted to.

Justice is expensive. That is why there is so little of it, and it is reserved for those few with enough money and influence to afford it.

Something about that whole process of building the structure of that game turned into a real kind of lightbulb moment for me as a writer.