An author spends months writing a book, and maybe puts his heart's blood into it, and then it lies about unread till the reader has nothing else in the world to do.

The humorist has a good eye for the humbug; he does not always recognize the saint.

I would sooner read a timetable or a catalog than nothing at all.

What was it in the human heart that made you despise a man because he loved you?

Genius is talent provided with ideals.

All the words I use in my stories can be found in the dictionary-it's just a matter of arranging them into the right sentences.

Marco Polo tells the tale of The Old Man in the Mountains and how he recruits new members to his Band of Assassins by means of drugs, beautiful women, lush gardens, and religious promises. The unfortunate thing about this world is that the good habits are much easier to give up than the bad ones.