We've got one life and the older we get the more we come to realize how short it is.

Now, when I was in the Army, writing was my hobby.

But I've found that to talk too much about movies is the kiss of death. If it happens then it happens, is all.

A literary critic is someone who can't write, but who loves to show he would have been a wonderful writer if only he could!

German readers are much like Brits or Americans: They read for the thrill of it, the occasional shudder down the spine, knowing it's not real - but looking over their shoulders anyway, just in case.

But other vampire stories? Well, no, I really haven't read too many, and I can't say I'm crazy about romantic vampires anyway - to me the vampire is simply an evil monster.

The Army was my bread and butter.

And I have to consider myself fortunate, because there are plenty of writers who spend most of a lifetime looking for that certain something without ever finding it.

I have friends who read my books in Greek.

Writers are in the entertainment business, and it gives me lots of pleasure to entertain my readers.

There are lots of other things that I haven't done, places I haven't seen. So eventually I'll have to find time for those things while there still is time.

The Path is not to be found anywhere except in human service

For a while I was suicidal and I tried to kill myself. I think I should have died about four times.

I'd like to start a family, but you have to have a date first.

Governments create money and spend it into the economy by running budget deficits. The paper currency in your pocket is technically a government debt.

When tea becomes ritual, it takes place at the heart of our ability to see greatness in small things.

Every time we give in to selfishness and say “No” to God, we spoil his loving plan for us.

Whether gods exist or not, there is no way to get absolute certainty about ethics. Without absolute certainty, what do we do? We do the best we can.

You are a work of art.

The people that watch or buy music or listen to TV, I don't think they separate the two as much as the people that are in charge of the production of it.

It's the poignancy and sadness in things that gets to me.