I think the virtue I prize above all others is curiosity.

I acquired a hunger for fairy tales in the dark days of blackout and blitz in the Second World War.

What literature can and should do is change the people who teach the people who don't read the books.

No mere human can stand in a fire and not be consumed.

Art does not exist for politics, or for instruction- it exists primarily for pleasure, or it is nothing.

Things are not what they seem.

I think the names of colors are at the edge, between where language fails and where it's at its most powerful.

I worry about anthropomorphism as a form of self-deception. (The Christian religion is an anthropomorphic account of the universe.)

Narration is as much a part of human nature as breath and the circulation of the blood.

I think vestigially there's a synesthete in me but not like a real one who immediately knows what colour Wednesday is.

He felt changed, but there was no one to tell.

Please write an ending where the Martians are defeated. Don't take away your readers' hope.

Convert every passing time into products.

Who. Hit. You?

Idle hands are the devil's playthings.

I don't think everybody wanted to be on [new Star Trek series] . I certainly didn't.

Its about continuing to learn and being open-minded, don't ever think you know it all.

Examples of selling of ideas are portrayed in consulting or paid advice, as the pricing of intellectual property is market driven.

I fell into writing plays by accident. But the reason I write plays is that it's the only thing I'm any good at.

I became a professional actor in Detroit and I was able to earn some money. It was a good job because it permitted me to study. It fit perfectly with school.

You have two choices: to control your mind or to let your mind control you.