The problems for which I could find no solution in fact had no solution.

The book trade invented literary prizes to stimulate sales, not to reward merit.

Americans need bullshit the way koala bears need eucalyptus leaves. They've become totally addicted to it. They get so much of it back home that they can't survive without it.

By means of our myths and legends we maintain a sense of what we are worth and who we are. Without them we should undoubtedly go mad.

The Lords of Chaos are the enemies of Logic, the jugglers of Truth, the molders of Beauty

Because I had sought to challenge Destiny, Destiny had taken vengeance.

Destiny's Champion, Fate's fool. Eternity's Soldier, Time's Tool.

I think of myself as a bad writer with big ideas, but I'd rather be that than a big writer with bad ideas.

It is almost impossible to have a baseless snobbish opinion of the General Theory of Relativity.

Treasures are not won by care and forethought but by swift slaying and reckless attack.

The subtlest lie of all is the full truth.

Do you know that I love now to recall and visit at certain dates the places where Iwas once happy in my own way? I love to build up my present in harmony with the irrevocable past...

I hate that you went through hell for years and that you suffered. But without your past, you and I wouldn’t have a future.

The role of a retired person is no longer to possess one.

A new dynasty is never founded without a struggle. Blood makes good manure.

I've always been a writer who tackles complex themes and risky subjects - I write about the things that people think but never say aloud.

It is always the teacher who must learn the most... or else nothing real has happened in the exchange.

The great Way is easy, yet people prefer the side paths. Be aware when things are out of balance. Stay centered within the Tao.

I wish I could be behind the wheel for every stunt.

In every society the artist or writer remains an outsider.

All impediments in fancy's course Are motives of more fancy.