Look to the past to help create the future. Look to science and to poetry. Combine innovation and interpretation. We need the best of both. And it is universities that best provide them.

Hypocrite: The man who murdered his parents, and then pleaded for mercy on the grounds that he was an orphan.

Nothing in Christianity is original.

I read these polls because civil-liberties organizations tell me I need to be aware of public opinion.

I don't want to be anything other than me.

I cannot kill him, she muttered to herself. I cannot kill him. I promised Bianka I'd stop at ten bodies a day, and I've already surpassed my quota for the fifth day in a row. I cannot kill him.

A legend - now I am like a unicorn.

Our opponents say more children are living in poverty than when we came into office. And that's probably right.

The words 'God is love' conclude a biblical warning, not a warm and fuzzy slogan. 'He who doesn't love [his neighbor] doesn't love God, for God is love.'

Only another writer can know how much damage writing a novel can do to you. It's an unnatural activity to sit at a desk and squeeze words out of yourself.

Dream big and your problems become small.