If some great catastrophe is not announced every morning we feel a certain void. 'Nothing in the paper today ' we sigh.

Books have the same enemies as people: fire, humidity, animals, weather, and their own content.

Man's great misfortune is that he has no organ, no kind of eyelid or brake, to mask or block a thought, or all thought, when he wants to.

War: a massacre of people who don't know each other for the profit of people who know each other but don't massacre each other.

A poem is never finished, only abandoned.

Nothing beautiful can be summarized.

The universe is built on a plan the profound symmetry of which is somehow present in the inner structure of our intellect.

A great man is one who leaves others at a loss after he is gone.

Love is being stupid together.

The trouble with our times is that the future is not what it used to be.

Let us enrich ourselves with our mutual differences.

Set aside even one day just for fun, and you will improve the next seven.

Wars are all fought by men who either believe they are right or who have no other choice. How they fight defines who they are when the blood stops flowing.

Wisdom is the ability to use divine reaction to solve human problems.

Time is but a thought, a means of measurement, not a reality.

And what always struck me about that war period was how even Churchill had to talk socialism to keep up people's morale.

Change is the law of God's mind and resistance to it is the source of all pain.

I really enjoy writing novels. Its like the ocean. You can just build a boat and take off.

Very well, I will marry you if you promise not to make me eat eggplant.

I think those with knowledge of the comics may expect things that will not be happening in the movies. Those who don't know what has happened in the comics will be shocked at what we do.

I'm not at Manchester United to keep everyone happy.