Somebody asked Somerset Maugham about his place in the pantheon of writers, and he said, "I'm in the very front row of the second rate." I'm sort of haunted by that.

Quiet people have the loudest minds.

Monsters are real, and ghosts are real too. They live inside us, and sometimes, they win.

The water was glassy and calm, still candy-colored in the afterglow of sunset.

A life without love is like a tree without fruit.

The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work.

Outside, daylight was bleeding slowly toward dusk.

You can't deny laughter; when it comes, it plops down in your favorite chair and stays as long as it wants.

People who try hard to do the right thing always seem mad.

The place where you made your stand never mattered. Only that you were there... and still on your feet.

The heart, I think, which is the home of all things rhythmic, is where learned poems go to live.

A Killer is the best friend... - WTF!???

She who ne'er answers till a husband cools, Or, if she rules him, never shows she rules; Charms by accepting, by submitting, sways, Yet has her humor most, when she obeys.

Spiritual energy is the one kind that never runs out.

I hope people enjoy what I do. That would make me happy because I'd be bringing others pleasure while doing something I like.

The minute we begin to think we have all the answers, we forget the questions.

Whatever is associated with the mind is bound to change. The truth is that which is changeless. It is the Self.

The truth will lead me to all.

What I'm doing is a natural wonder. If not, there'd be 150 people behind me on the wire.

Personally, I don't endorse the notion of mortality. It's fine for other folk, but I disapprove of the concept for me and my loved ones.