My relatives used to laugh when I talked of being a writer.

Freedom was given to humanity by God. But, governments, if they can help it, never give freedom. They just hand out slavery with slogans.

I have thought that I have seen ghosts on many occasions.

A wise man distrusts his neighbor. A wiser man distrusts both his neighbor and himself. The wisest man of all distrusts his government.

Don't let the past steal your present. This is the message of Christmas: We are never alone.

If there is a God, then he was particularly harsh to me

I never deviated from my grim determination to someday have all the money I needed and wanted.