Waves are the voices of tides. Tides are life, " murmured Niko. "They bring new food for shore creatures, and take ships out to sea. They are the ocean's pulse, and our own heartbeat.

Without patience, magic would be undiscovered - in rushing everything, we would never hear its whisper inside.

‎You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do.

I suddenly realized I was in California. Warm, palmy air - air you can kiss - and palms.

Respect is an invention of people who want to cover up the empty place where love should be.

For until ye become as a savior, as a help to some soul that has lost hope, lost its way, ye do not fully comprehend the god within, the god without.

The artist is extremely lucky who is presented with the worst possible ordeal which will not actually kill him. At that point, he's in business.

I've come to the conclusion that you can't write scary books unless you're easily scared yourself.

I guess people recognize me, but I'm not a household name. Two out of every five people who come up to me know my name. The one thing I don't want is to be followed by paparazzi.

The only way to keep your secrets safe is to have none at all.

I did take composition lessons when I was in high school, so I wrote piano pieces. I wrote some chamber music. I don't think any of that was particularly interesting.

I'm a hard worker. I get my hands dirty.