And hell, sometimes the best thing is to put on a black dress and become a wicked stepmother. There’s power in that, if you’re after power.

I got a heart like a half bottle of no-label whiskey.Nothing to brag on, but enough for you, and all your friends, too.

This is not a lie: Memory has the taste and texture of cooked meat. Eat it and live. Remember, but only what it is licit to remember.In Aerograd, the word for meat and memory are the same.

I am here to tell youWe are all of us just as mighty as planets—and you too, We'll let you in, we've got stalwart to spare—But you might have to sleep on the floor.

There is nothing in nature which approximates to the idea of a hospice.

Equality today means "sameness" rather than "oneness".

There are others whose lives are blessed when a missionary serves, such as the members of his family who support him, pray for him, and try to live worthy of him.

When I have trouble writing, I step outside my studio into the garden and pull weeds until my mind clears--I find weeding to be the best therapy there is for writer's block.

There is no democracy of facts.

No one knows what it is that he can do until he tries.

Love ranges from just fascination to something almost spiritual. In the case with my wife Barbara it just keeps growing all the time.

Dorian Yates and I have nothing in common, physically speaking. He's a Volkswagen; I'm a Porsche.

I am doing the job with the mentality that I am going to be here a long time and I hope that I am.