I wanted to have very strong female characters. I just thought it was always the way the world should be.

There is a love of wood, as of other things that do not answer to our touch.

You build a character, a shell, and if you build it right, something comes to live inside it.

It sounds creepy, but I always liked the idea of disappearing then becoming something new. That of course was before I disappeared.

The irruption of the supernatural into our world is a much more enticing notion to explore than the same thing happening in some past time, or in a wholly imaginary world.

[Poetry] was a form of incantation, a means of welding the world inside his head to the one that surrounded him, words the fiery chain that bound it all together.

If the retreat house was a trap, it was a very nice one.

As is typical of this God [of Israel], he calls his people into freedom in the most unlikely place.

Yes, sir, there are things to see and do on the French Riviera without spending money.

Anyone moderately familiar with the rigours of composition will not need to be told the story in detail

I think [Mike] Pence is going to represent [Donald] Trump extremely well.

...I am the immense shadow of my tears

All any girl really wants is just love and a man. But what man can put up with a rock-n-roll star?

It isn't what a picture is of, it is what it is about.

Everyone wants to be appreciated, so if you appreciate someone, don't keep it a secret.

What makes God laugh is people who make plans.

The days of idealism had gone. Only life was left.