When people ask me which I would rather give up, writing or medicine, it's like being asked which eye I'd prefer to have poked out with a spoon: neither, and please use a fork.

If I showed you what was in my heart," she said, "it would burn you to a cinder. "I've tried to burn you similarly," it said, "but you never even noticed when I opened my chest.

I want to be a good creature for reasons beyond sharing a life with a good man.

I am...sad and angry. Why is my spirit so sad and angry? I look back at my life and all I can remember is rage and rage and rage.

If there’s a magic pony in the story, chances are I’ll read it.

If I showed you what was in my heart, " she said, "it would burn you to a cinder."I've tried to burn you similarly, " it said, "but you never even noticed when I opened my chest.

At any moment, you know, your manufactured cool could blow.

The clock moves on and hours pass too quickly

Sweatpants painted to look like denim are the end of civilization. It drives me mental.

I've been reading ghost stories ever since I could read. I'm immensely curious about ghosts and UFOs and all that stuff, but I'm a very hard-headed person.

There's a part of you that always remains a child, no matter how mature you get, how sophisticated or weary.

Heaven is home. Utopia is here. Nirvana is now.

Somebody said they threw their copy of Dungeons and Dragons into the fire, and it screamed. It's a game! The magic spells in it are as real as the gold. Try retiring on that stuff.

Theatre should be a taxing experience: the greatest achievement of a writer is to produce a character who creates anxiety.

I believed in Obama for social issues. I believe he brought our nation together and healed our racial divide. Martin Luther King's dream came true when he was elected. That's huge.

The question is, not what rights naturally belong to man, but how they may be most equally and effectually guarded in society.