The emotional health of a village depended upon having a man whom everyone loved to hate, and Heaven had blessed us with two of them.

Don't be ashamed of reliving your childhood, Ox, because all of us must do it now and then to maintain our sanity.

Fable has strong shoulders that carry far more truth than fact can.

Blessed are the idiots, for they are happiest people on earth.

'Immortality is only for the gods,' he whispered. 'I wonder how they can stand it.'

I have never been able to understand why perfectly sensible people waste time being wittily obscure instead of just saying what they want and going on about their business.

Error can point the way to truth, while empty-headedness can only lead to more empty-headedness or to a career in politics.

The supernatural can be very annoying until one finds the key that transforms it into science," he observed mildly... "Come on, Ox, let's go out and get killed.

To cherish perfection is to commit creative suicide, and every true artist knows that a masterpiece is an accident that should be burned.

Begin at the beginning as you understood it, proceed through the middle, continue to the end, and then stop, " said Master Li, and he sauntered out to get drunk....

My dad had a personal style which was very attractive. It was quite reserved and quite elegant, and it was infectious.

If you had a person in your life treating you the way you treat yourself, you would have gotten rid of them a long time ago.

Childhood smells of perfume and brownies.

you give everyone the benefit of the doubt. they don't always deserve it.

There are some cloudy days for the mind as well as for the world; and the man who has the most genius is twenty times a day in the clouds.

Trust your instincts, trust your judgment.

Steve [King] has been incredibly supportive. He's also really good about getting back to me when I have questions about plot or characterization.

I think spectators and fans are very important. Darts players would be nowhere without them.

Its like a Contiki tour, getting on and off buses, getting pissed.

I regret nothing, but I am sorry that I am about to leave my friends.