I could almost hear the characters inside, murmuring and jostling, impatient for me to open the cover and let them out.

But words are more powerful than anything.

A new word. Bright with possibilities. A flawless pearl to turn over and over in my hand, then put away for safekeeping.

I think your vision gets better as you get older.

You can't argue with the dead, no matter what you say, they always have the last word.

I listened as the words became sentences and the sentences became pages and the pages became feelings and voices and places and people.

Voice is not just the sound that comes from your throat, but the feelings that come from your words.

You should spend more time reading the Good Book and less reading all those novels. What are you going to tell the Lord on Judgement Day when He asks you why you didn't read your bible?

Our inner fire is the spark of hope that drives us through even the darkest times. Do not be so quick to dismiss it.

Holy One is a flame.

Respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality.

I'm a tough girl, and I can go without a shower bot a week and be fine with that. But I will not sleep on dirty sheets.

I don't even listen to the records after they come out. It's outlawed in my house. My wife and my kids can't play any of my music around me. Once it comes out, for me, it's just business. Numbers.

I think it's really nice to have an authenticity, it's a huge source for us to be able to lean on people who have that knowledge.

Controversy chases the Russian writer Vladimir Sorokin the way a dog chases a stick.

Maybe pretty women were always funny but only now decided to go into comedy.

I coveted you. I had no right to want you--but I reached out and took you anyway. And now look what's become of you! Trying to seduce a vampire.