"We must believe in ourselves or no one else will believe in us; we must match our aspirations with the competence, courage, and determination to succeed."

"The mathematician lives long and lives young; the wings of his soul do not early drop off, nor do its pores become clogged with the earthy particles blown from the dusty highways of vulgar life."

"Someone has described science as an orderly arrangement of what, at the moment, seems to be facts."

"Captial punishment is our society's recognition of the sanctity of human life."

"Music and silence combine strongly because music is done with silence, and silence is full of music."

"Yes Madame, I am drunk but you are ugly and tomorrow I'll be sober."

"What should move us to action is human dignity: the inalienable dignity of the oppressed, but also the dignity of each of us. We lose dignity if we tolerate the intolerable."

"Never try to tell everything you know. It may take too short a time."

"No man who was not a true gentleman at heart, ever was, since the world began, a true gentleman in manner."

"You furnish the pictures and I'll furnish the war."

"A good novel is an indivisible sum; every scene, sequence and passage of a good novel has to involve, contribute to and advance all three of its major attributes: theme, plot, characterization."

"My ideal relaxation is working on upholstry. I spend hours in junk shops buying furniture. I do all the upholstery work myself, and it's like therapy."