The way British publishing works is that you go from not being published no matter how good you are, to being published no matter how bad you are.

I always consider every place worth exploring once- just in case there's a thirty foot flaming sign divulging the secret of life, that no one has told me about.

You've got to try everything once, except those things you don't like, or that involve a lot of effort and getting up early.

Stay cool, and wait for opportunity.

Few pleasures are greater than knowing you can close your door, ignore the world and create your own.

It's true, some senior Hungarian writers are not known for their laughter. There is a strong Germanic influence - an attitude that if it's enjoyable it can't possibly be literature.

The impossible lives next door to the possible; people ring its door bell by accident all the time.

Criticism is part of being in the marketplace. If you can't take a bit of criticism, you shouldn't bother publishing a book.

The greatest danger of being gifted, is that you may never learn how to make an effort.

Most books reviews aren't very well-written. They tend to be more about the reviewer than the book.

Ultimately, it's about the quality of the writing whatever style you are writing.

God has individuals He has positioned for His purpose and to be used as His vessel at different time and season.

Waves crack with wicked fury against me ship's hull while ocean currents rage as the full moon rises o're the sea." (Cutthroat's Omen: A Crimson Dawn)

Life is warped. I'm just in sync.

All high truth is poetry. Take the results of science: they glow with beauty, cold and hard as are the methods of reaching them.

The name is Schitt," he replied. "Jack Schitt.

The English gentleman is a combination of silence, courtesy, dignity, sport, newspapers and honesty.

They really cut to the chase in the urologist's examination room, and I tried to laugh. If this office were a movie, it would have been rated R.

Be who you are and not who someone else thinks you ought to be.

Prayer is an effort of will.

Question boldly even the existence of God.