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

Next you will cry about taxation without representation, and throw a basket of tea into the harbor. You are indeed a very Jacobin at heart, and I think I must give up trying to cure you of it; I can but wash my hands and deny responsibility

Enough of that, you damned conspirators, you will have us hanged a great deal sooner than we will.

I ended up rooming in a dorm that was basically a solid wall of female scientists. And every Wednesday, we would all watch "Star Trek: Next Generation."

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

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.