She's...just a girl, you know. Like most girls: something and nothing.

Believe me, when I say; There are no two powers That command the soul. One is God The other is the tide. -Anon From the novel Abarat

A monster lies in wait in me,a stew of wounds and misery.But fiercer still in life and limb,the me that lies in wait in him

Memory, prophecy, and fantasy— The past, the future, and The dreaming moment between— Are all in one country, Living one immortal day. To know that is Wisdom. To use it is the Art.

You just have to trust your own madness.

Horror fiction shows us that the control we believe we have is purely illusory, and that every moment we teeter on chaos and oblivion.

I don't like PG-13 horror movies. I think they're a contradiction in terms.

I'm a great dog fanatic. My own dog died a little while ago and I take it very personally when things die-it's a major offence.

Any fool can be happy. It takes a man with real heart to make beauty out of the stuff that makes us weep.

Evil, however powerful it seemed,could be undone by its own appetite

We’re too much ourselves. Afraid of letting go of what we are, in case we are nothing, and holding on so tight, we lose everything else.

Knowledge makes sounds

Never enter relationships. Otherwise, suffer the pains that come with it. Enjoy your individuality while you can.

If fear can prevent us from potential vital danger, it can also be lethal – kills our dreams, chances, personal development and passion, prevent us from living our life at maximum.

I think volunteerism in America generally is what makes America so special.

Once we open the door to the plutonium economy, we expose ourselves to absolutely terrible, horrifying risks from these people.

It's a huge thing when people realize across the culture that paper money is paper. And that there's no fixed value - it's all political. That all value is set by a political authority, basically.

Like every actor, you get notorious for maybe one role and then get offered a lot of similar roles.

There's nothing like a shovel full of dirt to encourage literacy.

You push the limits and you find out where the limits are.

If you carry your cross joyfully, it will carry you.