Is the prisoner a prisoner because he lives in a cage or because he knows that he lives in a cage?

The book trade invented literary prizes to stimulate sales, not to reward merit.

Americans need bullshit the way koala bears need eucalyptus leaves. They've become totally addicted to it. They get so much of it back home that they can't survive without it.

By means of our myths and legends we maintain a sense of what we are worth and who we are. Without them we should undoubtedly go mad.

The Lords of Chaos are the enemies of Logic, the jugglers of Truth, the molders of Beauty

Because I had sought to challenge Destiny, Destiny had taken vengeance.

Destiny's Champion, Fate's fool. Eternity's Soldier, Time's Tool.

I think of myself as a bad writer with big ideas, but I'd rather be that than a big writer with bad ideas.

It is almost impossible to have a baseless snobbish opinion of the General Theory of Relativity.

Treasures are not won by care and forethought but by swift slaying and reckless attack.

The subtlest lie of all is the full truth.

Leo, ” Jason said, “you’re weird.”“Yeah, you tell me that a lot.” Leo grinned. “But if you don’t remember me, that means I can reuse all my old jokes...!

There was something of Francis in the boy, something pure and genuine and flawed. That type didn't think twice before running headlong into a burning house or a young girl's arms.

There's no ex out there who I'm not friends with today, and I'm extremely thankful for that.

Creative freedom is a huge carrot.

If you embrace all things in this life as coming from the hands of God, and even embrace death to fulfill His holy will, assuredly you will die a saint.

To be alive is to take risks; to be always safe and secure is death.

Doesn't all experience crumble in the end to mere literary material?

We must always remember that the police are recruited from the criminal classes.

My biggest regret is that I've assisted the media in making me into a cartoon character. I don't regret what has happened to me, but I regret the way I have dealt with it.

I came from an extraordinarily dysfunctional family, full of abuse and alcoholism. And eventually everyone within the family had committed suicide.