I am telling you what I know—words have music and if you are a musician you will write to hear them.

Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.

All secrets become deep. All secrets become dark. That's in the nature of secrets.

Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader - not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon.

When in trouble or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout.

Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.

Never underestimate the determination of a kid who is time-rich and cash-poor.

I am often asked the question How can the masses permit themselves to be exploited by the few. The answer is By being persuaded to identify with them.

The three most important documents a free society gives are a birth certificate, a passport, and a library card.

Writers are not just people who sit down and write. They hazard themselves. Every time you compose a book your composition of yourself is at stake.

Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.

distringit librorum multitudo (the abundance of books is distraction)

Time don't have heart emotions and feelings

I hate physical effort.

Don't let the Muggles get you down!

Never a tear bedims the eye That time and patience will not dry.

I think that if you're a digital thinker, you can use a digital camera.

Those too impressed with material things cannot hold their place n the world of culture; they are relegated to inferiority and ultimate death.

Every man has a right to change, a chance of forgiveness.

I like things that are funny - in everyday conversation, in incidents that you see, in watching TV or watching film. Comedy has always had an impact on my life.

I'm 100% better with a little bit of controlled chaos. I just know if I have three things to do, or nine things to do, I'm just better at them if I have nine.