I think horror should have occult elements, not as its subject but as its ambition. It is a machine that destroys illusion. I, of course, never achieve this, but I always act as if I can.

I believe the book should be something you protect yourself from by returning to your life. But it has threatened your life. Not by saying something it believes is true, but by attacking it.

The books are recordings; that's what they have to be, recordings of the writing. They have to be happening to me.

The thing he said aloud did not succeed.

A truly compassionate man gives a poor woman a portion of his meal before he eats, not after he has eaten.

May your glory shine so bright that the world sees God's light in all you do!

The Democratic party today is not so much a political party as a milling herd, and the herd is easily stampeded.

Deep in the world of atomic nuclei, life is not always tranquil.

The supreme purpose and goal for human life... is to cultivate love.

Easiest job you could ever have... whoever gets to put Michael Jackson in a witness chair and create reasonable doubt.

Heaven gives its glimpses only to those not in position to look too close.

Pride is a vice, which pride itself inclines every man to find in others, and to overlook in himself

We strive toward a goal, and whether we achieve it or not is important, but it's not what's most important. What matters is how we move toward that goal.

Look at the scope of writers who sell stuff. I'm at the very top of the power curve in terms of sales.