Magic isn’t inherently evil. But it does seem to be terribly bad for people.

It doesn't matter. I have books, new books, and I can bear anything as long as there are books.

Interlibrary loans are a wonder of the world and a glory of civilization.

If I were omnipotent and omnibenevolent I wouldn't be so damn ineffable.

If you love books enough, books will love you back.

I care more about the people in books than the people I see every day.

You can't do magic with books unless they're very special copies.

One of the things I've always liked about science fiction is the way it makes you think about things, and look at things from angles you'd never have thought about before.

magic can make things happen before you do it. It can make things have happened.

You can never be sure where you are with magic.

I wish magic was more dramatic

Every collaboration helps you grow.

At the rate we're going, the 21st century looks pretty clear. It's going to be pretty violent

I don't want to die before my parents die, especially my mother. Because I think that's tragic. Because I don't want her to get the chance to pick out what I'm going to wear for eternity.

She saw herself moving through another life, an exotic, difficult, satisfying life.

I've learned more, and I understand the process a bit better now. I can try to see how long I want to take in each aspect of the filmmaking process, and then arrive at around the two-year end mark.

Tension without cosmic pulsation to animate it is the transition to nothingness

I shook hands with a friendly Arab. I still have my right arm to prove it.

If every decision would reflect our feelings as well as our reason, the world would be a better place to live.

I just love the energy of going into different areas of New York.

Many of my works fall into the category of "Zeitgeist novels." Yet I hope that they aren't only reportage, but also attempts to convey the sense of the present to the future.