Poetry is not the opinion stated. It is a song that appears instead of a bloody wound or a smiling mouth.

The word of God came down to man as rain to soil, and the result was mud, not clear water. (Bistami) Pg. 128

The jury’s still out on your level of intellect. After all, you signed up with Evil Incorporated in the first place.

The teacher is the one who gets the most out of the lessons, and the true teacher is the learner.

Perhaps the mission of an artist is to interpret beauty to people - the beauty within themselves.

That religion which costs a man nothing is usually worth nothing.

Marriage is a lottery, but you can't tear up your ticket if you lose.

I was brought up in the great tradition of the late nineteenth century: that a writer never complains, never explains and never disdains.

I want to write books that can be read a hundred years from now, and readers wouldn't be bogged down by irrelevant details.

To live without risk is to risk not living.

In the evening he went to the cinema to see "The Lord of the Rings", which he had never before had time to see. He thought that orcs, unlike human beings, were simple and uncomplicated creatures.