When knowledge becomes formulated into a science, then it does take on a life of it's own, often alien to the human spirit that conceived it.

Whatever creativity is, it is in part a solution to a problem.

It is at night... that the mind is most clear, that we are most able to hold all our life in the palm of our skull.

There are two kinds of writer: those that make you think, and those that make you wonder.

When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults and they enter society, one of the politer names of hell. That is why we dread children, even if we love them, they show us the state of our decay.

Relax, enjoy yourself. Have another drink. It's patriotic to overconsume.

Civilization is the distance man has placed between himself and his excreta.

That is why we dread children, even if we love them. They show us the state of our decay.

Feedback is a pleasant thing. I get a lot of letters from unexpected people in unexpected places.

Why had I become a writer in the first place? Because I wasn't fit for society; I didn't fit into the system.

When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults.

Once upon a time, Jack wouldn't have been caught dead in a princess rescue.

Serenity is a very elusive quality. I've been trying all my life to find it.

Punctuality is the virtue of the bored.

My entire life changed when I became a mother - my priorities, my understanding, appreciation of life, and my relationship with God.

In free governments the rulers are the servants, and the people their superiors and sovereigns.

Live the full life of the mind, exhilarated by new ideas, intoxicated by the Romance of the unusual.

The fallen angel becomes a malignant devil. Yet even that enemy of God and man had friends and associates in his desolation; I am alone.

I do feel that movies and music do have the power to slightly influence a person's decision. I believe that if violence is not in a person, then the film is not going to encourage them.

A son could bear with great complacency, the death of his father, while the loss of his inheritance might drive him to despair.

I get maximum satisfaction out of buying children's clothes online.