I love America, " he'd tell us. We were going to make a million dollars manufacturing objects we had seen in dreams that night.

Was she pregnant then?' asked Assad. Judging by the number of family members in his photos, it was a feminine condition with which he was quite familiar.

The decor was attractive and strong, but blander than she would have thought his wealth and position afforded him. Caren couldn't see the point of having that much money if all of it led to beige.

Our strength is not just in the size of our defense budget, but in the size of our hearts, in the size of our gratitude for their sacrifice. And that's not just measured in words or gestures.

I like the way dreams present themselves as words and images that are trying to get your attention using your model-making brain's ability to make up stories.

Some novel lovers have no interest in comics, and some comics fans would never take the time to read a novel.

To me Polanski is one of the greats in terms of psychological horror. It's just hard to top him because he's so damn good at it.

I wanted to sound new and exciting - the punk movement was over with for me.

I had an idea to write something set back around the Civil War era, but I was just way too ignorant to think I could start it any time soon.

The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.

I now know all the people worth knowing in America, and I find no intellect comparable to my own.