Any man who hates dogs and babies can't be all bad.

The love of money is the source of an enormous amount of good; the fact that the good is a by-product of the selfish pursuit of riches has nothing to do with its indisputable value.

If you're going to do something wrong, at least enjoy it.

Thinking is harder work than hard work.

I cannot believe that the purpose of life is to be "happy." I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, to be honorable, to be compassionate. It is, after all, to matter: to count, to stand for something, to have made some difference that you lived at all.

The only reason for being a professional writer is that you just can't help it.