Here is a hall without exit, a tunnel without end.

I thought that Mr. Clutter was a very nice gentleman. I thought so right up to the moment that I cut his throat.

Past certain ages or certain wisdoms it is very difficult to look with wonder; it is best done when one is a child; after that, and if you are lucky, you will find a bridge of childhood and walk across it.

I am a completely horizontal author. I can't think unless I'm lying down, either in bed or stretched on a couch.

I will say only that all a writer has to work with is the material he has gathered as the result of his own endeavor and observations, and he cannot be denied the right to use it. Condemn, but not deny.

New York is a diamond iceberg floating in river water.

Actually, I think friendship and love are exactly the same thing.