“If moderation is a fault, then indifference is a crime.”

“I am a part of everything that I have read.”

“To begin, begin.”

“At least half the mystery novels published violate the law that the solution, once revealed, must seem to be inevitable.”

“One has a greater sense of intellectual degradation after an interview with a doctor than from any human experience.”

“Faith is, at one and the same time, absolutely necessary and altogether impossible.”

“Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories.”

“To begin, begin.”

“What’s the point of havin’ a rapier wit if I can’t use it to stab people?”

“I never believed in Santa Claus because I knew no white dude would come into my neighborhood after dark.”