I have lived a thousand lives lost within the pages of a book.

I've had aunts and uncles who not only haven't read my books but could hardly believe that I was a writer.

I had my bully, and it was excruciating. Not only the bully, but the intimidation I felt.

It's amazing that the heart makes no noise when it cracks.

Everybody sins, Francis. The terrible thing is that we love our sins. We love the thing that makes us evil.

And he did see--that life was rotten, that there were no heroes, really, and that you couldn't trust anybody, not even yourself.

Why did the wise guys always accuse other people of being wise guys?

They don't actually want you to do your own thing, not unless it's their thing too.

The possibility that hope comes out of hopelessness and that the opposite of things carry the seeds of birth - love out of hate, good out of evil. Didn't flowers grow out of dirt?

Affection is one of the most neglected words in the English language, that people throw the word love around like confetti when they mean affection.

He hated to think of his own life stretching ahead of him that way, a long succession of days and nights that were fine - not good, not bad, not great, not lousy, not exciting, not anything.

People are doing amazing things right now on the Web.

The first Velvet Underground album only sold 10,000 copies, but everyone who bought it formed a band

Beauty Should Begin in the Heart and Soul, otherwise cosmetics are useless.

"I don't know whether you are a saint or a fool" said my lawyer. I replied "Is there a difference?"

Many folk like to know beforehand what is to be set on the table; but those who have laboured to prepare the feast like to keep their secret; for wonder makes the words of praise louder.

After the knowledge of, and obedience to, the will of God, the next aim must be to know something of His attributes of wisdom, power and goodness as evidenced by His handiwork.

Much can and must be done by governments, but they cannot of themselves change lives.

Who can tell what metals the gods use in forging the subtle bond which we call sympathy, which we might as well call love.

I want to say to the people, if I am a star, the people made me a star. No studio, no person, but the people did.

I guess I wouldn't believe in anything if it weren't for my lucky astrology mood watch.