There are no uncontaminated angels

The road to hell is paved with works-in-progress.

I cannot and do not live in the world of discretion, not as a writer, anyway. I would prefer to, I assure you - it would make life easier. But discretion is, unfortunately, not for novelists.

He had learned the worst lesson that life can teach - that it makes no sense.

You can no more make someone tell the truth than you can force someone to love you.

Old age isn't a battle; old age is a massacre.

The horror of being caged has lost its thrill.

Everybody else is working to change, persuade, tempt and control them. The best readers come to fiction to be free of all that noise.

I have a slogan I use when I get anxious writing, which happens quite a bit: ‘the ordeal is part of the commitment.’ It’s one of my mantras. It makes a lot of things doable.

When the whole world doesn't believe in God, it'll be a great place.

Because that is when you love somebody - when you see them being game in the face of the worst. Not courageous. Not heroic. Just game.

We now expect more from technology and less from each other.

The road less traveled continues to beckon me onward, towards a journey of transformation and engagement.

Sheriff, are you suggestin' the victom was kidnapped?""I'm only statin' that, at this time, we have no body, only nonvital body parts...

You only live once. If you don't enjoy it, it's your fault, nobody else's

Balance is not letting anyone love you less than you love yourself.

Children are easily influenced, and I always want to do things I can be proud to show my kids someday.

In my view it is better for the Labour Party, the leadership and the new prime minister that he be given the maximum flexibility.

Why were you feeling low? Why does anyone? It creeps up on you from time to time.

most men and women, by birth or nature, lack the means to advance in wealth or power, but all have the ability to advance in knowledge.

I'm emotionless right now. It's hard to describe how I'm feeling.