The best thing about being a writer is that 'work' is always something you love, plus usually accompanied by tea, coffee and cakes of some sort.

If you're going to fall in love with anyone, fall in love with a writer. Allow yourself to become immortalised in words.

Writers are not just writers, they are creators of worlds, sculptors of the mind, they are architects of language.

Writing is about taking everyday observations, things which people see almost every day of their lives, and yet bringing it to their attention for the very first time.

In the ideal state, laws are few and simple. In the corrupt state, they are many and confused.

If you seek a teacher, try to become a real student. If you want to be a student, try to find a real teacher.

Stupidity is doomed, therefore, to cringeat every syllableof wisdom.

They're fancy talkers about themselves writers. If I had to give young writers advice I would say don't listen to writers talking about writing or themselves.

The further you get from nature, the less happy you are; and the nearer, the more exultant you become over the world and all that there is in it.

Experiences with Angels do not occur to people by chance. There is a sort of run-up to the experience.

Creativity is the process that gives life to a new product.

Wanting to know all kinds of things is perfect for novelists, because novelists are generalists. We're not specialists in anything, except, hopefully, writing.

Complacency is the enemy of study. We cannot really learn anything until we rid ourselves of complacency.

The vast knowledge we have to prevent cancer, heart disease, and other chronic illnesses is staggering.