She was the archetypal selfless mother: living only for her children, sheltering them from the consequences of their actions - and in the end doing them irreparable harm.

every death diminishes us, but those that leave differences unresolved and things unsaid are the most painful of all.

The human animal only sees what it wants to see.

Her scent blazed in my throat and I was glad. It was a pain that meant she was alive. As long as I burned, she was safe.

A library is a hospital for the mind.

Be good to everyone you meet.

Success-minded people know that the greatest enemy to today's success is yesterday's success.

Well, I design costumes because I started with the theater in Chicago, but somehow a few lines just sort of fell to me to do it. And I studied it in school and I always liked it.

Twenty million people are starving. Whatever their politics, they shall be fed!

If an ordinary person is silent, it may be a tactical manoeuvre. If a writer is silent, he is lying.

Lovecraft gives me the pip as he uses so much description that needs heavily condensing.

Every time I am fearful I think to myself, the reason they do this is to discourage me from doing what I do. Hence, if I discontinue my work I will have succumbed to my fears.

A life of fulfillment is one in which we put urgency in its place and remember that the ultimate target is to spend our lives doing the things we believe are most important to us.