Fiction, on the whole, and if it is any good, tends to be a subversive element in society.

If you do nothing unexpected, nothing unexpected happens.

Nothing happens, and nothing happens, and then everything happens.

There's no such thing as old age, there is only sorrow.

Only one thing registers on the subconscious mind: repetitive application - practice. What you practice is what you manifest.

I didn't even know I was a feminist until I read it on the back of one of my own books.

The desire for self-expression afflicts people when they feel there is something of themselves which is not getting through to the outside world.

Fiction stretches our sensibilities and our understanding, as mere information never can.

Marriage is a very difficult relationship for nearly everyone and I'm sure you shouldn't do it if you want a quiet little easy life.

guilt to motherhood is like grapes to wine

She could see that to lose a sibling was hard: it could only seem unnatural:out of time, out of order, a vicious re-run of your own departure into nothingness.

In the end, we serve, the Saviour, who saved us from death to life.

A failure is not one who has attempted and failed but one who has failed to attempt for fear of failing.

Poetry without words, you are, the beat to my hearts rhythm.

The smaller the drink the clearer the head and the cooler the blood.

If a conceptual distinction is to be made the machinery for making it ought to show itself in language. If a distinction cannot be made in language it cannot be made conceptually.

They wanted me to play third like Brooks so I did play like Brooks - Mel Brooks.

The Blessed Virgin used me like a broom, and then put me back in my place.

Living in Ohio, I grew up an Oakland Raiders fan.

I make a living from storytelling - if you're a public person and you sing songs about getting married to get a visa, and you are actually doing that, you're gonna end up in trouble.

Donald Trump is not just a problem for the EU, but for the whole world.