God is the nest we build together.

You never learn how to write a novel. You just learn how to write the novel that you're writing.

Imagine a man who stands before a mirror; a stone strikes it, and it falls to ruin all in an instant. And the man learns that he is himself, and not the mirrored man he had believed himself to be.

People don't want other people to be people.

Weak people believe what is forced on them. Strong people what they wish to believe, forcing that to be real.

Knowledge is soon changed, then lost in the mist, an echo half-heard.

My definition of good literature is that which can be read by an educated reader, and reread with increased pleasure.

There is no limit to stupidity. - Space itself is said to be bounded by its own curvature, but stupidity continues beyond infinity.

Ambiguity is necessary in some of my stories, not in all. In those, it certainly contributes to the richness of the story. I doubt that thematic closure is never attainable.

Evolution teaches us the original purpose of language was to ritualize men's threats and curses, his spells to compel the gods; communication came later.

All time exists. That is the truth.... If the future did not exist now, how could we journey toward it? If the past does not exist still, how could we leave it behind?

As a rule, she didn’t like boys very much, but she had to admit, Charlie was actually pretty nice.

Corrupt politicians make the other ten percent look bad.

Because I am committed to the truth of Scripture, I must try to understand what Scripture says, even if it transcends my own experience.

We aren't different, from the others.

I'm told that my blood sugar level was twelve times the legal limit - I was sweating honey.

You enter the extraordinary by way of the ordinary

Clowns are always creepy!

Some history-making is intentional; much of it is accidental.

We are somehow natured, not just to reproduce, but for sociality and even for culture.

Creative vision creates art" - he motioned around the gallery - "that shows the rest of the world a new angle. That's beautiful thing." "Or some sort of madness", she said.