Beware a kiss, he told her. Kisses are powerful things. You expose part of your soul.

They're only trees. Only trees. Whose afraid of lonely trees?

She was talking to a tree. Just talking to a tree. Totally normal. People probably did it every day here. They're only trees. She fought an insane urge to laugh.

The universe is big. It's vast and complicated and ridiculous. And sometimes—very rarely—impossible things just happen and we call them miracles.

...if you do not even understand what words say, how can you expect to pass judgement on what words conceal?

I commissioned two political experts to advise me about what I could do to oppose the re-election of President Bush.

Do you know why empires fall? Because they can no longer believe their own lies.

A man without a plan for the day is lost before he starts.

Credibility, like virginity, can only be lost once and never recovered.

My characters all start with rhythms and sounds. Once I hear the voice and get into the rhythm, the attitude and the physicality just come out on their own.

We can't love a place or a person if we always have one foot out the door.

The Guardian,[is] one of the most consistently anti-Catholic newspapers in the world.

It is better to be loved by one person who knows your soul than millions who don't even know your phone number.