London underground took me on a tour of all the hidden places, the disused shafts and staircases... that was very interesting.

I think to be driven to want to kill must be such a terrible burden.

We always know when we are awake that we cannot be dreaming even though when actually dreaming we feel all this may be real.

It is not so much true that the world loves a lover as that the lover loves all the world.

The trouble with psychology is that it doesn't take human nature into account.

To say that Agatha Christie’s characters are cardboard cut-outs is an insult to cardboard cut-outs.

I get a lot of letters from people. They say "I want to be a writer. What should I do?" I tell them to stop writing to me and to get on with it.

I think about death every day - what it would be like, why it would happen to me. It would be humiliating to be afraid.

Some say life is the thing, but I prefer reading.

The knives of jealousy are honed on details.

Many emotions go under the name of love, and almost any one of them will for a while divert the mind from the real, true, and perfect thing.

The thing that is important is the thing that is not seen....

He knew how intelligent men could be broken by the stupidity of their superiors, how weeks of patient work night and day could be cast aside by such a man

All my life I've had the privilege to make my living with my imagination, and the most important thing has been to see my creative life grow. I was educated to do that and have lived accordingly.

Is my music indicative of a caffeine-surged green liquid? Probably not.

It’s amazing how many coincidences occur when one begins to pray.

My excuse for everything is that I grew up in Florida.

I don't know what to think until I see what I've said.

For as many people as I quote-unquote lost respect from, I gained respect from a lot more. I know that's a fact.

Democritus said, words are but the shadows of actions.

I eat everything. I'm just an eater. If it's free, I honestly eat everything.