Plato

The excessive increase of anything causes a reaction in the opposite direction.

All men are by nature equal, made all of the same earth by one Workman; and however we deceive ourselves, as dear unto God is the poor peasant as the mighty prince.

Any man may easily do harm, but not every man can do good to another.

Recently, I was in Bernalda, my dad's ancestral home town in Italy. He has just refurbished a palazzo and turned it into a hotel, so we had my sister's wedding there. It was beautiful.

It's easy to have faith in yourself and have discipline when you're a winner, when you're number one. What you got to have is faith and discipline when you're not a winner.

Most detective story readers are an educated audience and know there are only a certain number of plots. The interest lies in what the writer does with them.