I wonder at what point my life swerved to avoid that, and if that life would have been nicer than the one I've got.

People make events into stories. Stories give events meaning.

I'm a great believer in gathering together all your obsessions and seeing if you can make a novel out of them.

Routine kills creative thought.

Homeopathy seemed . . . both mathematical and poetic.

What folly takes light through ether to each eye from every horizon.

I wonder if the reason I tend to say yes to everything is because I deeply believe that I can survive anything.

One of the biggest problems for beginning writers is this need to over-explain.

But I quite like the way you can talk about science without necessarily using mathematics, but using metaphors instead.

I think about stories and their logic and wonder if there can be any such thing as simply "there is a book.

In real life nothing means anything. Stuff happens and there just is no structure.

There were a lot of gods. Gods always come in handy, they justify almost anything.

Reading is a gift. It's something you can do almost anytime and anywhere. It can be a tremendous way to learn, relax, and even escape. So, enough about the virtues of reading. Time to read on.

The past/future can't be changed! The things which are written to happen, they can't be skipped.

It is in the combination of words and visuals that the magic of understanding often happens.

There is no time to fool around when you practice. Every drill must have a purpose. I try to never get away from thathabits are important

I wish there was someone I could have written to after that, someone I could have written to explain how awful it was to have someone touch you, then look at you properly and change his mind.

He who dies before he dies does not die when he dies.

God employs different strategies for different places or purposes

If you will it, it is no dream; and if you do not will it, a dream it is and a dream it will stay

Be the business never so painful, you may have it done for money.