To be neutral does not mean to be indifferent or insensitive. You don't have to kill your feelings. It's enough to kill hatred within yourself.

People like to invent monsters and monstrosities. Then they seem less monstrous themselves... they feel better then. They find it easier to live.

Only death can finish the fight, everything else only interrupts the fighting.

A story can only be contained in a book.

Prawda jest córą czasu poczętą w przypadkowym i krótkotrwałym romansie ze zbiegiem okoliczności.

They are not demons, not devils...Worse than that.They are people.

You mistake the stars reflected in the surface of the lake at night for the heavens

He knew that the disdain for death and crazy courage of youngsters stemmed from a lack of imagination.

Night and day the streets resounded with music, song, and the clinking of chalices and tankards, for it is well known that nothing is such thirsty work as the acquisition of knowledge.

The sword of destiny has two edges. You are one of them.

They weren't lying. They firmly believed it all. Which doesn't change the facts.

The moon is my fear.The sun is my heart afire.The stars, my love songs.

The art wouldn’t complain if we leave her alone. Losing a touch with art, however, is losing a touch with our imagination.

That's the thing you learn about values: they're what people make up to justify what they did.

I have great faith in the future of books - no matter what form they may take - and of science fiction.

Being away from home gave me a chance to look at myself with a jaundiced eye

I went straight out of high school, and when I was 17, all I wanted to do was play guitar.

The biggest problem facing our world today is a lack of hope and a lack of meaning. [It's] basically just a postmodern world in which there is no right or wrong, no better or worse.

In the middle of the night, if you have decided to do something good for the world, don't wait for the morning to come!

I'm in my best shape when I'm really anxious, because I have to get to the gym. Physically I'm in the best shape.

I think right now we need to look back at the founding values of our country. Rise above partisanship, be less bitter when it comes to important matters that have to be solved.