Life is unjust, people can be cruel, and yet if you harden your heart, you will lose what little love there is in this world.

Tennis is physical chess.

I earned two Emmy nominations for writing, and two of the shows I had written were nominated for best in their category.

If you don't like my book, write your own. If you don't think you can write a novel, that ought to tell you something. If you think you can, do. No excuses. If you still don't like my novel, find a book you do like. Life is too short to be miserable. If you do like my novels, I commend your good taste.

Possession of a secret is no guarantee of its truth.

Where there is no faith, devils are a necessity.

Language is decanted and shared. If only one person is left alive speaking a language - the case with some American Indian languages - the language is dead. Language takes two and their multiples.