Man was big enough to kill himself, thanks. No gods need apply.

Light has no value if there is no darkness.

Lardo was getting on in years, and his big belly tended to slow him down a bit.

Lots of times I’m not crazy about the writing, but I keep moving ahead and somehow it gets better. The important thing is to move forward.

When his apprenticeship was finished (the candidate for Knighthood) was received into the Knightly Order by a ritual of sacramental awe.

Fantasy and science fiction can be literal as well as allegorical and there’s nothing wrong with enjoying a monster like a giant squid for what it is, as well as searching for metaphor.

The entire being of a woman is a secret which should be kept.

A thunderous boo is one thousand times stronger, nobler, and more powerful than a standing ovation. Admiration corrupts.

The burden of the self is lightened with I laugh at myself.

Accept ignorance; pay more attention to the question than the answer; never be afraid to go in the opposite direction.

We cannot really think in one way and act in another.