I would give you my soul in a blackberry pie; and a knife to cut it with.

Man is a being of varied, manifold and inconstant nature. And woman, by God, is a match for him.

But I despised men who accepted their fate. I shaped mine twenty times and had it broken twenty times in my hands.

And habits are hell's own substitute for good intentions. Habits are the ruin of ambition, of initiative , of imagination. They're the curse of marriage and the after-bane of death.

After I convinced them that I was a harmless novelist, I actually got them to give me a tour of the harem - which is usually off limits for tourists.

Look up . . . and see them. The teaching stars, beyond worship and commonplace tongues.

So she was on her own, Kate thought, and instilled all the friendly helpfulness she could into her next question. “Excuse me, but are you the bad company young Mr. Scott has got into?

He regards boredom, I observe, as the One and Mighty Enemy of his soul. And will succeed in conquering it, I am sure—if he survives the experience.

Where are the links of the chain ... joining us to the past?

But it's also because of something personal. My mother and father met while playing chess, so I've always had a fondness for the game. If it weren't for chess, I might not be here.

Facts are the soil from which the story grows. Imagination is a last resort.

Being in love, I find myself smiling for no reason at all...

In order to pronounce a book bad it is not enough to discover that it elicits no good response from ourselves, for that might be our fault.

The problem with at-home IQ tests is that too many people wouldn't understand the results. Calling customer service is a bad sign.

Goldfish have no memory, I guess their lives are much like mine. And the little plastic castle is a surprise everytime.

Don't give up your power.

Tradesmen regard an author with a mixed feeling of terror, compassion and curiosity.

I never had any classes or went to theatre school like a lot of actors, so all of my training has been on stage with different directors. That was a pretty good school room.

I feel as though I haven't seen an object until I actually start painting it.

Life behind all form is one, the expressions of that life are not of very great importance.

Fish are complex beings who choose mates, use words to communicate, build nests, cooperate with one another to find food, have long-term memories, and use tools.