My definition of good literature is that which can be read by an educated reader, and reread with increased pleasure.

You never learn how to write a novel. You just learn how to write the novel that you're writing.

Imagine a man who stands before a mirror; a stone strikes it, and it falls to ruin all in an instant. And the man learns that he is himself, and not the mirrored man he had believed himself to be.

People don't want other people to be people.

Weak people believe what is forced on them. Strong people what they wish to believe, forcing that to be real.

Knowledge is soon changed, then lost in the mist, an echo half-heard.

There is no limit to stupidity. - Space itself is said to be bounded by its own curvature, but stupidity continues beyond infinity.

Ambiguity is necessary in some of my stories, not in all. In those, it certainly contributes to the richness of the story. I doubt that thematic closure is never attainable.

Evolution teaches us the original purpose of language was to ritualize men's threats and curses, his spells to compel the gods; communication came later.

All time exists. That is the truth.... If the future did not exist now, how could we journey toward it? If the past does not exist still, how could we leave it behind?

We believe that we invent symbols. The truth is that they invent us; we are their creatures, shaped by their hard, defining edges.

Okay, I’ll just jump right out and say it. I have anxiety issues.

Don’t focus on outward means of satisfaction if you want to be happy.

All that you areforever to Be, Is prior to...and just beyondInfinity.

An assembly of great men is the greatest fool upon earth.

He who shuts out truth, by the same act opens the door to all the error that supplies its place.

To a lot of people, angels are a matter of faith.

I wish I could say something classy and inspirational, but that just wouldn't be our style. ... Pain heals. Chicks dig scars. Glory... lasts forever.

I do think Under Armour is setting a new example for what a ballerina is, and that you can be feminine and an athlete and represent what a woman is at the same time.

Language is the chief means and index of a nation's progress.

You cannot go outside of A and Z in the realm of literature; likewise Christ Jesus is First and Last of God's new creation, and all that is in between; you cannot get outside of that.