I always was going to be a writer. The other jobs were just to keep me in food. Though I enjoyed the archaeology.

Walls have ears. Doors have eyes. Trees have voices. Beasts tell lies. Beware the rain. Beware the snow. Beware the man You think you know. -Songs of Sapphique

He had wanted so hard to Escape, to find the stars. And all he had found was a new prison.

Only the man who has known freedom Can define his prison.

He was her enemy, and she hated him because she could not hate him enough.

None of us have much idea where we are. Perhaps all our lives are too concerned with where, and not enough with who.

Freedom is a small price to pay for survival.

And what would they be scared of? There's nothing to fear in a perfect world, is there?

Chloe turned to Vetch. The poet said gently, "You see, you do have power. Words give you power, to create or destroy." His eyes flickered to Clare. "Even to forgive.

All my life I have dreamed of you.

All my years to this moment All my roads to this wall. All my words to this silence All my pride to this fall. -Songs of Sapphique

Friendship is a disinterested commerce between equals

Sometimes all you need in your life is anything strange because strange things can revive your soul just like a cold water freshening your pale face with every splash!

I dropped out of high school when I was 16, after I had a huge argument with my English teacher over the meaning of the word 'existentialism.'

Can we all just stop being dicks?!

There's a part in every person that has a fake self. We've had this since infancy due to our parents and our upbringing.

I know you shouldn't spit in your own soup but I think most crime writing is like TV and doesn't make enormous demands on one's intellect.

I wish I was better at art. I love some of the great artists of the 19th century and, compared to them, I just feel I lack this technique that they had. They have so much skill.

Silence in times of suffering is the best.

Relationship gurus always said that an attraction based on friendship and mutual respect was far more likely to stay the course - and the bastards were right.

I have been an actor now for 40 years having worked in over 10 countries and three languages.