Why do I write? I guess that's been asked of every writer. I don't know. It isn't any massive compulsion.

for civilization to survive, the human race has to remain civilized.

If it sounds good as you say it, likely as not it'll sound good when an actor's saying it.

In almost everything I've written there is a thread of this: man's seemingly palpable need to dislike someone other than himself.

Some people possess talent, others are possessed by it. When that happens, a talent becomes a curse.

There is nothing in the dark that isn't there when the lights are on.

There are weapons that are simply thoughts. For the record, prejudices can kill and suspicion can destroy.