I'm not courting death

...we are all sorry when loss comes for us. The test of our character comes not in how many tears we shed but in how we act after those tears have dried.

He who serves two masters has to lie to one.

Write regularly, day in and day out, at whatever times of day you find that you write best. Don't wait till you feel that you are in the mood. Write, whether you are feeling inclined to write or not.

I saw The Twilight Zone for the first time when I was 12 or 13. I used to stay up late to watch.

In England they need a king, in Spain they need a king, in France there is no more king. But they consider the president as if he was a king.

We're at a great transition point in terms of population, demographics, and what it means to be a human being.

When our children die, we drop them into the unknown, shuddering with fear. We know that they go out from us, and we stand, and pity, and wonder.

If you don't write good music, people aren't going to listen to anything you say.

Play until it's time to rest, then rest until it's time to play.

Boredom is only for boring people with no imagination.