Hobbies are for pleasure, but rituals keep you going.

Nothing attunes you to the beauty of the quotidian like a man who decides not to kill you after all

A book can’t be a half-fantasy any more than a woman can be half pregnant

The empowered may serve justice, remodel the Earth, transform lush nations into smoking battlefields, and bring down skyscrapers, but power itself is amoral.

Power and moneyLike Pooh Bear and honeyStick fast.

Not a clue – and, no, I don’t touch drugs. The world’s unstable enough without scrambling your brain for kicks.

Nonfiction that smells like fiction is neither.

Books’ll be back, ” Esther-in-Unalaq predicts. “Wait till the power grids start failing in the 2030s and the datavats get erased. It’s not far away. The future looks a lot like the past.

The Future, ” says Ian, in a film-trailer voice. “Coming soon, to a Present near you.

Prayer may be a placebo for the disease of helplessness, but placebos can make you feel better.

Here’s the truth: Who is spared love is spared grief.

Only a magician can fix a head on a body, but any fool can lop it off.

The good thing about being stuck at the airport for an extra hour, is that it gives you a chance to give weary travelers surprise massages.

The more completely you concentrate, the stronger your mind becomes.

No matter what path you choose, really walk it.

A lot of the teachings really kind of keep me grounded.

I've never felt any sense of competition with anybody, and we're all friends. We're all good friends.

I beat a story to within an inch of its life - that's when I know its done. Not before, not after.

The first time ever I saw your face I thought the sun rose in your eyes

Some things just won’t go away, no matter how hard you scrub.

My concept of drama requires obstacles, and there's no obstacles in comfort.