- The myths are dead. The gods are dead. The ghosts and ghouls and phantoms are dead. There is only the State, and the People.- No, Monsieur Robespierre. There is much more than that.

Sometimes you wake up. Sometimes the fall kills you. And sometimes, when you fall, you fly.

Never trust the storyteller. Only trust the story.

Trees there were, old as trees can be, huge and grasping with hearts black as sin. Strange trees that some said walked in the night.

And sometimes, when you fall, you fly.

I must confess, I have always wondered what lay beyond life, my dear.Yeah, everybody wonders. And sooner or later everybody gets to find out.

Dreams are composed of many things, my son. Of images and hopes, of fears and memories. Memories of the past, and memories of the future...

If you Fear, your Heart will decay

The things a man sees when he ain't got a gun.--Watson the Caretaker

People work better when they know what the goal is and why. It is important that people look forward to coming to work in the morning and enjoy working.

When my mother had to get dinner for 8 she'd just make enough for 16 and only serve half.

I'm so glad cities have personalities, just like people have personalities. That's something that makes me smile.

Science fiction is the very literature of change.

I just like Raisin Bran - it keeps me regular.

I didn't want to have braces when I was a kid and I'm pretty sure my dad didn't want to pay for them.

Elements and birthdays have been intertwined for me since boyhood, when I learned about atomic numbers.