Joseph Heller

Peace on earth would mean the end of civilization as we know it.

He was a self-made man who owed his lack of success to nobody.

But that was war. Just about all he could find in its favor was that it paid well and liberated children from the pernicious influence of their parents.

It took me realizing that a broken heart has never actually killed anyone to find the courage to ask for what I want, in just about every situation. That was part of my own growing up.

Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have.

I like villains because there's something so attractive about a committed person - they have a plan, an ideology, no matter how twisted. They're motivated.