When I want to read a novel, I write one. - Benjamin Disraeli

"Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth."

"The best way to become acquainted with a subject is to write about it."

"We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end."

"There are three types of lies -- lies, damn lies, and statistics."

"Nurture your minds with great thoughts. To believe in the heroic makes heroes."