I understand that you don’t want to marry me, ” I said. “I mean, I don’t know why, since I’m simply delightful to be around. But to each his own taste.

A book is just as magical to write as it is to read, it takes you on a journey that changes you in the end.

If I was a worrier I'd worry, but not being a worrier I'm just sort of confused and pissed off.

I'm going home now. I apologize for what I said. I hope you can forget it, but I'm going home right now.

There are a lot of great young actors coming out of England who have maybe not gone to drama school, but I wish I had.

A politician weakly and amiably in the right, is no match for a politician tenaciously and pugnaciously in the wrong.

I prefer my prose evocative rather than simply effective, with a bit of poetry to it.

I want to be all that I am capable of becoming.

Without revealing too much, there's a specific skill set you need to be in Loki's army - let me know if you have the qualifications.

We should be as careful of the books we read, as of the company we keep. The dead very often have more power than the living.

It is sometimes hard to grasp the difference between identifying with one's own roots, understanding people with other roots, and judging what is good or bad.