Fine worries, like fine wines, are at their best only after they have been properly mellowed.

Cats are dangerous companions for writers because cat watching is a near-perfect method of writing avoidance.

You'd better know what you want, because you'll probably get it.

I carry around such a load of non-specific guilt that every time the metal detector beeps, I always have a wild fear that this trip I absent-mindedly packed a Luger.

Oh, don't look at this frail, old druid like that, Solomon. I may be slow in my movements, buy my mind is sharp as a dagger's tip." Lazerin smirked.

Footsteps in the snow suggest where you have been, point to where you were going: but when they suddenly vanish, never dismiss the possibility of flight.

We must be careful what we say. No bird resumes its egg.

I've had fans come and knock on my door. I'm usually polite, but I'm usually very direct and say, 'It's not cool that you come here uninvited.

He's trying not to laugh. I tell him I would have doomed mankind for him, and he's trying not to laugh.

In life, in true life, there can be nothing better than what is. Wanting something different than what is, is blasphemy.

My city and state are Rome. But as a human being? The world. So for me, "good" can only mean what's good for both communities.

I think I can keep a rhythm to a beat, but there are quite a few people who would argue with me.

It is only when you open your veins and bleed onto the page a little that you establish contact with your reader.

Paradise is not a place; it's a state of consciousness.