I think, as we all learn as a child, you have to learn to tolerate ambiguity better and I'm still terrible at it and I hate it; even the word ambiguity makes me sick to me stomach.

Generally speaking, I think it is fair to say that I am a friend to the creatures of the Earth when I am not busy eating them or wearing them.

A stopped clock is correct twice a day, but a sundial can be used to stab someone, even at nighttime.

Specificity is the soul of narrative.

I am not beautiful, so I don't know why I'm making myself ugly. But the mustache stays.

All I can ask from society is that it please stop telling me why I should like sports.

I actually own a copy of my own book; that's how dedicated I am as an author.

There is no ritual that enhances creativity other than just starting.

My career as a magazine writer was largely prefaced on the idea of curiosity, to go on adventures and weasel my way into the lives of people that I admire.

A literary agent is nothing but a cheap salesman (or woman); while a writer is a cheap salesman (or woman) who also has to actually write the books.

The villain of any story is often the most compelling character.

I have made mistakes but I have never made the mistake of claiming that I never made one.

Man is a being with free will; therefore, each man is potentially good or evil, and it's up to him and only him (through his reasoning mind) to decide which he wants to be.

It is this power structure which the Radical Right in the United States has been attacking for years in the belief that they are attacking the Communists.

Baseball is the most intellectual game because most of the action goes on in your head.

I like to think of bread as really bland cake.

I think it's clearly the result of something that looks like a campaign.

If it's bitter at the start, then it's sweeter in the end.

If you aren't serving, you're just existing, because life is meant for ministry.

There is no way into Presence except through a love exchange.

To believe in God is to know that all the rules will be fair, and that there will be wonderful surprises.