"Don’t bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself."

"There are certain clues at a crime scene which by their very nature do not lend themselves to being collected or examined. How’s one collect love, rage, hatred, fear…? These are things that we’re trained to look for."

"Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world."

"When you look long into an abyss, the abyss looks into you."

"The farther backward you can look, the farther forward you will see."

"Try not, do or do not."

"Try again, fail again. Fail better."

"All is a riddle, and the key to a riddle…is another riddle."

"The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary. Men alone are quite capable of every wickedness."