One of the functions of intelligence is to take account of the dangers that come from trusting solely to the intelligence.

Traditionalists are pessimists about the future and optimists about the past.

The earth is the Lord's fullness thereof: this is no longer a hollow dictum of religion, but a directive for economic action toward human brotherhood.

The way people in democracies think of the government as something different from themselves is a real handicap. And, of course, sometimes the government confirms their opinion.

Humiliating events have a way of capturing the public's imagination. So it has been since antiquity, when gladiators were pitted against each other and the legions of Spartacus were crucified in endless rows on the way to Rome.

Sometimes good television doesn't depend on money, it depends on imagination and good people directing, casting and doing the job with talented people.

People put limitations on their creativity, believing they have to rely on what they know and what they have done.

Other writers definitely influence my writing. What encourages me and inspires me is when I read a good book. It makes me want to be a better writer.