Writing is writing, and stories are stories. Perhaps the only true genres are fiction and nonfiction. And even there, who can be sure?

The bitterness of joy lies in the knowledge that is cannot last. Nor should joy last beyond a certain season, for, after that season, even joy would become merely habit.

She looked, and a scarlet butterfly flew away from her, away down the length of the tower, and then another, another, an unraveling scarf of butterflies like winged blood.

Archetypes are universal, and, in subtle or extravagant ways, interchangeable.

We need the expressive arts, the ancient scribes, the storytellers, the priests.

The soul is a magician. Only living flesh hampers it.

When I am fascinated by something, I like to play with it.

I submitted manuscripts to publishers. This was not so much a feeling that I should be published as a wish to escape the feared and hated drudgery of normal work.

No one is ever ordinary.

Maidens who stay maidens turn into saints. Old women become sorceresses. Tough jobs, both of these.

I will draw you back to me. You shall see. By a chain of stars.

This world should be much more open and should be much more free, so the young people would have the chance to exercise the quality of their lives.

Although it was the middle of winter, I finally realized that, within me, summer was inextinguishable.

Violence can only be concealed by a lie, and the lie can only be maintained by violence.

Never before in history has innovation offered promise of so much to so many in so short a time.

I am very proud to align myself with Miken - a brand known as an innovator and leader in the development of high performance sports equipment.

I hope the snow covers everything so all the footsteps are silenced, and the whole city can be at peace.

Music is an important part of our culture and record stores play a vital part in keeping the power of music alive

I am a stereotype. I am an effeminate man.

I helped Ben with the third edition of Security Analysis, published in 1951.

Where thou art gone, adieus and farewells are a sound unknown.