Never underestimate the hypocrisy of politicians.

I never plan my novels because if I know what is going to happen, it bores me rigid. I let the story tell itself.

For me, a good friend is someone you might only see once or twice a year but each time it feels as though you've just seen them last week.

Drip, drip, the rain comes falling, Rain in the woods, rain on the sea; Even the little waves, beaten, come crawling As if to find shelter here with me.

To be haunted is to glimpse a truth that might best be hidden.

I hate violence, and I didn't plan to write horror; it just poured out of me.

I grew up in the East End of London, the youngest of three boys in a Catholic household. Both my parents were market traders and worked seven days a week.

I'm not into high literature, but I think all my books are literate.

I've actually seen a ghost, so I know they're really around.

I'm very cagey about making friends, and I rarely do.

I'm terrible in the mornings, but I'm always at my desk by 10 A.M.

Traction equals satisfaction

A lot of punk rock is not going to be in the mainstream. It's below the radar. The beauty of it is that you're not supposed to always know. It's subterranean.

Life is only worth-while through the eyes of a believer.

If the heart of a man is depressed with cares, The mist is dispelled when a woman appears.

I've had good times and bad times. That's me. That's how I am.

The feasant hens of Colchis, which have two ears as it were consisting of feathers, which they will set up and lay down as they list.

Renoir had not only a great interest in human character, in human feeling, but had also a great love for the people he painted.

Democratic dissent is not disloyalty, it is a positive civic duty.

I want to tell people how to live spiritually. After you've bought all your houses and your clothes, you want something bigger.

It's all now you see: tomorrow began yesterday and yesterday won't be over until tomorrow.