... a comment with the idle arrogance common of such nobodies who have just come into a small bit of power.

In such seconds of decision entire futures are made.

There is a fullness and calmness there which can come only from knowing pain.

Prison always has been a good place for writers, killing, as it does, the twin demons of mobility and diversion

You have to live to really know things, my love

It no longer matters who consider themselves the masters of events. Events no longer obey their masters.

The whole planet reeks of mysticism without revelation.

They lay together in a sheltered place among the ruins of Brasilia while deathbeams from Chinese EMVs played like blue searchlights on broken ceramic walls.

... you "met" this Moneta ... or whatever her real name is ... in her past but your future ... in a meeting that's still to come

The essence of honor lay in the moment of combat between equals.

No gaming outside of the venue without a sanctioned game master.

Sister Hinckley and I are learning that the so-called golden years are laced with lead.

First of all, Arafat is wrong. Jerusalem is Israel's capital, will never be divided, and will remain the capital of the State of Israel, the capital of the Jewish people, for ever and ever.

The more I try to explain myself, the less I understand myself.

I am convinced that there are times in everybody's experience when there is so much to be done, that the only way to do it is to sit down and do nothing.

Short of screaming-hot Thai food, everything can be suitable for kids too.

I don't need to be Tom Cruise. I just need to work forever.

Truth is, every writer has to be a good editor, and you have to edit yourself. It's a skill every writer has to acquire.