"Good writing is difficult no matter what the reader's age-and children deserve the best."

“Old man! 'Tis not difficult to die.”

“I went to Samuel Ayer High School, which is now Milpitas High School.”

Source : "Grant Show stars in 'Accidentally on Purpose'". Interview with Peter Hartlaub, www.sfgate.com. October 24, 2009.

“Race should be seen in one way, and one way only: on your marks, get set, go!”

“If an offender has committed murder, he must die. In this case, no possible substitute can satisfy justice. For there is no parallel between death and even the most miserable life, so that there is no equality of crime and retribution unless the perpetrator is judicially put to death.”

“But anything that you hear about Japan is nothing like what you see when you actually go over there and see it, you know, in a real situation.”

“Nevertheless, this one fact should be apparent: turning the other cheek is a bribe. It is a valid form of action for only so long as the Christian is impotent politically or militarily.”

“A library book, I imagine, is a happy book.”

“I try not to play two days in succession. I usually try to space it so I have a day in between.”