What I'm always trying to do with every book is to recreate the effect of the stories we heard as children in front of campfires and fireplaces - the ghost stories that engaged us.

Our generation has had no Great Depression, no Great War. Our war is spiritual. Our depression is our lives.

The one you love and the one who loves you are never, ever the same person.

We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.

Worker bees can leave. Even drones can fly away. The Queen is their slave.

Did perpetual happiness in the Garden of Eden maybe get so boring that eating the apple was justified?

You know, the condom is the glass slipper of our generation. You slip it on when you meet a stranger. You dance all night, then you throw it away.

If you love something set it free, but don't be surprised if it comes back with herpes.

Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everyone I've ever known.

The trick to forgetting the big picture is to look at everything close-up.

It's so hard to forget pain, but it's even harder to remember sweetness. We have no scar to show for happiness. We learn so little from peace.

Every thought, every word, and every action that adds to the positive and the wholesome is a contribution to peace. Each and every one of us is capable of making such a contribution.

the greatest asset one may be able to possess is a great mind

A mother is always a mother, since a mother is a biological fact, whilst a father is a movable feast.

If I didn't play tennis I probably would have to see a psychiatrist.

Science, when applied to personal relationships, is always just wrong .

Hee that looseth his due, gets not thankes.

As far as when I'm writing a song, I think I'm writing first and foremost for myself.

I can't understand how anyone can write without rewriting everything over and over again.

When I say something about anything, there's really not much left to be said. Which is why I don't tell you everything I think about everything.

When it's time to stop living, I will certainly make Death my number one choice!