It's vital to remember who you really are. It's very important. It isn't a good idea to rely on other people or things to do it for you, you see. They always get it wrong.

Perhaps it would be simpler if you just did what you're told and didn't try to understand things.

And what would humans be without love?"RARE, said Death.

I meant, " said Ipslore bitterly, "what is there in this world that truly makes living worthwhile?"Death thought about it.CATS, he said eventually. CATS ARE NICE.

YOU'RE ONLY PUTTING OFF THE INEVITABLE, he said.That's what being alive is all about.

He was red with anger, except where he was white with rage. When he spoke, his words seared through the air like so many knives, clipped as topiary, crisp as biscuits.

The gods, " he said. "Imprisoned in a thought. And perhaps they were never more than a dream.

Worship shadows eternity and provides supernatural encouragement.

Work is work, but family is for life. That's what really matters to me.

I don't see the point of photographing trees or rocks because they're there and anyone can photograph them if they're prepared to hang around and wait for the light.

Happiness is not so much a feeling as it is an attitude

Writing is the clumsy attempt to find symbols for wordlessness.

You can be miserable before you have a cookie and you can be miserable after you eat a cookie but you can't be miserable while you are eating a cookie.

I would often go on as myself, when I wasn't working. And the first time I went on as myself, two people came up and asked me what I was doing and who I was.

The talked-about is always the last to hear the talk . . .

I always try to stay as quiet as possible about a book until it's finished.

I like Scottish people because they feel very true. They're always level and straight. They get a reputation for being hardened because of it, but I find them to be scrupulously honest people.