Somehow our devils are never quite what we expect when we meet them face to face.

It's good to stay as close to real life as you can, and then kind of dress it up.

We're all pilgrims on the same journey - but some pilgrims have better road maps.

If everyone howled at every injustice, every act of barbarism, every act of unkindness, then we would be taking the first step towards a real humanity.

Somehow our devils are never quite what we expect when we meet them face to face.

Chemical and biological attacks are scary and will kill a lot of people but don't rise to the level of nuclear.

Even the most radical Islamic terrorist would not want to see the revered holy city of Medina go up. It would be like losing the Vatican in Rome.

G.I. humor is similar to cop humor.

I don't name sources.

I generally unwind by having dinner with close friends.

I had a very strong desire to be successful at something.

I like the process of pencil and paper as opposed to a machine. I think the writing is better when it's done in handwriting.

I read 'Time', 'Newsweek' and 'The Economist'.

I thought to myself, what is everyone's worst fear? Nuclear terrorism in America.

I used the pen name because I knew I wanted to write better novels under my own name someday.

I've always been fascinated by the Gold Coast. The homes themselves are spectacular, unlike anything you'll see other than in Newport, Bar Harbor or Palm Beach. It's a very special area that, because of local demographics, is not going to survive much longer.

Stephen King once told me he liked my writing. And that was great.

The world has gotten smaller and more accessible since I first started writing in the 70's.

There are Mafia families that have bought magnificent houses on the North Shore, although not yet the great estates because they don't want that kind of high profile.

There are a lot of books about the passing of the English aristocracy, but the vast majority of Long Islanders don't understand their own backyard. It's a private preserve.

There is no terra incognito left.

Writing doesn't leave much time for hobbies, unless you consider that I began writing as a hobby and have made the hobby into a profession.

You have to go out of your way as a suspense novelist to find situations where the protagonists are somewhat helpless and in real danger.

Panic, a deep abiding, free-floating anxiety, often without any reason or logical basis.

I like the process of pencil and paper as opposed to a machine. I think the writing is better when it's done in handwriting.

We're all pilgrims on the same journey-but some pilgrims have better road maps.

Women must pay for everything. They do get more glory than men for comparable feats, but, they also get more notoriety when they crash.

In the kind of New England I'm from, you are expected to stay and marry somebody from New England - well, Maine, actually - so I think it was seen as a betrayal when I left for New York, which has been my refuge.

I come from the operations side of the business, and I buy companies to operate them, not to flip them.

I tend to a lot of improvisational ranting, and that's fun. For me, stand-up has been, performance-wise, a really good outlet.

Mysterious haunts of echoes old and far The voice divine of human loyalty.

Even if it's your wedding, if you're a guy, it's boring.

The magazine, the daytime show, we've always tried to write affordable, accessible. Those are key words for us, and I do mean us, a huge staff of people at the magazine who love to cook affordable, friendly food that helps families eat better for less.

I was at sea the other day and loads of meat floated past. It was a bit choppy.

Step by step the ladder is ascended.

There is a kind of magicness about going far away and then coming back all changed.

Facebook are an amazing team, a brilliant team. It's a technology that brings people together.

Meditation is enough. Everything else follows on its own.

YouTube has changed my life in a huge way. I mean, I wouldn't be able to pursue music and do what I love each day if it wasn't for the YouTube platform and for the people who watch my videos and share them.

I don't mind being a permanent nightmare for the United States.

When I was a child it was very clear what I was allowed to see and what I was not allowed to see and there was no discussion or option or negotiation. Whatever my mom said, that's what went down.

I always have been trying to work on the other side of Jackie, and that is, making sure that my appearance, that my image, is right; also, working in the job world, knowing how it is to wake up and go to a job.

It takes both courage and talent to stand up in front of fellow human beings and make them crack a smile, and at the same time keep it clean.

Currently a level of unemployment of 7 percent or more seems to be required to keep inflation from accelerating, a level quite unacceptable as a permanent situation.

I choose to be happy.

Baseball people, and that includes myself, are slow to change and accept new ideas. I remember that it took years to persuade them to put numbers on uniforms.

As long as Ireland is unfree the only honourable attitude for Irish men, women to have is an attitude of rebellion.

When I think about the real pioneers of the psychedelic movement in a musical sense, not just the culture, everything had a handmade sort of vibe to it. We're inventing our culture as we move along into this.

Superior people never make long visits.