In the practice of any craft, we are less concerned with the quantity of the product than with its quality, and less concerned with the product than with the artisan.

A peacemaker does not mean a peaceful person.

Find the shortest, simplest way between the earth, the hands, and the mouth.

The machine enslaves, the hand sets free.

The Universe was opaque until 380.000 years after the Big Bang.

If we should be blessed by some great reward, such as fame or fortune, it's the fruit of a seed planted by us in the past.

Might have, could have, may have, should have—the haves and have nots reduced to pointless possibilities.

I like to listen to music that fits with what I'm writing. For each book, I've assembled a playlist, so readers can get a sense of what I was listening to while I was writing.

If the alternative is to keep all just men in prison, or give up war and slavery, the State will not hesitate which to choose.

Harry Dresden. Saving the world, one act of random destruction at a time.

If you like capitalism, you will positively love depressions, because they are one and the same, like manic-depressives and their cycles, like spouse-abusers and their storms of violence.

I like very little to talk. There are many things I cannot say, I can only feel them and dance them.

Before you can read, you know the difference between a story and reality. And, of course, by the time you're old enough to do any real damage with an Uzi, you've learned that difference.

I don’t care about someone being intelligent; any situation between people, when they are really human with each other, produces ‘intelligence.