...reality is always plural and mutable.

...when dogma enters the brain, all intellectual activity ceases.

We look for the Secret - the Philosopher's Stone, the Elixir of the Wise, Supreme Enlightenment, 'God' or whatever...and all the time it is carrying us about...It is the human nervous system itself.

Being ninty nine percent sure opens for a possibility that you might be a hundred percent wrong.

At that moment, the creature's back breached the waves, its body cutting through the water in a sinuous arch, rainbows sparking off the iridescent scales on its back. Rusalye.

That it is statistically easier for low-IQ people to kick an addiction than it is for high-IQ people...That boring activities become, perversely, much less boring if you concentrate intently on them.

Who is moving in the distance? It is the clock's pendulum, Hired by the god of death To measure life.

What we call wisdom is the result of all the wisdom of past ages.

When all the performances are excellent, critics understand it's the direction.

I have wanted to write from a young age, but working with so many gifted authors and editors over the years has taught me so much. I doubt I would be where I am today without that amazing experience.

Brains aren't designed to get results; they go in directions. If you know how the brain works you can set your own directions. If you don't, then someone else will.

What I would argue in my defence is that shows like Britain's Got Talent and The X Factor have actually got people more interested in music again and are sending more people into record stores.

It isn't easy to live after death. It takes a lifetime.