I have committed many sins in my life. This precise sin-the sin against poets-is without absolution.

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.

Forgiveness is the one gift you don't give to others. Rather, it is the gift you give yourself, so you can finally be free.

I think you forget that I'm still alive. It's like you don't expect me to keep on existing now that I'm not in your life every day.

Too much thought can find fault in anything, even if there is no fault to be found.

We are really battling, today in the U.S., keeping science education in the forefront at the elementary level, and that's where the research shows that kids get interested.

I may be a nut, but I'm fastened to a good bolt, the Lord Jesus Christ.

I definitely don't intend to only make films about Nigerians or Africans. I want to make films about people, any people.

I don't really care what someone's background is; creativity can come from any background.

A little love and affection in everything you do will make the world a better place with or without you.

A devastating culmination of the elegant and the funky, a really sensational musician with enormous depth.

The British have always made terrible parents.