I’m a witch. It’s what we do. When it’s nobody else’s business, it’s my business.

Evil begins when you begin to treat people as things.

I should have learned this, she thought. I wanted to learn fire, and pain, but I should have learned people.

Letitia! What a name. Halfway between a salad and a sneeze.

Preston, I don't think this creature could ever find its way into your head. Quite apart from anything else, it seems pretty crowded and complicated to me.

One day I'll work out what it is you are saying, my lad, and then you'll be in trouble.

Well, child? Aren't you going to try to turn me into some kind of unspeakable creature?I don't think I shall bother, madam, seeing as you are making such a good job of it yourself!

A stink. A stench. A foulness in her mind, dreadful and unforgiving. A compost of horrible ideas and rotted thoughts that made her want to take our her brain and wash it.

Fire is easy to work with if you keep your mind clear, but pain . . . pain fights back. Pain is alive. Pain is the enemy.

It's witchcraft with all the crusts cut off, and real witchcraft is ALL crusts.

Dreams are for doers.

A clear conscience is usually the sign of a bad memory. —STEVEN WRIGHT

Isn't it remarkable how everyone who knew [D.H.] Lawrence has felt compelled to write about him? Why, he's had more books written about him than any writer since Byron!

When President George W. Bush cut taxes, he cut them for everyone.

[Something] does not rise to the dignity of error.

There is no dignity for either the sufferer or the torturer

At Shea Stadium, I saw the top of the mountain.

That's one of the great things about acting - you get to pretend you're somebody else, which is great if you get bored with yourself.

I listen to everything. I love The Chemical Brothers.

My sense is, as governor I've gotten a lot of stuff done.