Wizards are always hungry.

You have to salvage what you can, even if you're the one who buried it in the first place.

Everyone knows that wizards are pigheaded and come to bad ends.

There were two girls in a room. They were reading a book… Look again, and the room is empty. The end of the story will have to wait.

Polysyllables obfuscate a preponderant ignorance with so much more style and panache.

The more I learn about myself, the more I realize it isn't about me.

I have three older brothers, and each one of them has chosen one of my parents' education. Two of them are actors, and the third is a doctor as my mother is.

Science has destroyed even the refuge of the inner life. What was once a sheltering haven has become a place of terror

I'd rather see a sermon than hear one any day; I'd rather one should walk with me than merely tell the way.

Beyond a certain point, that was all a mother could do for her children - Hang around long enough to drive them crazy.

There is a insularity within American fiction even for adults. It's very tough for books in translation in the US.

We ran out of talent tonight. The guys played as hard as they could, as long as we could.

As a kid I was creative.

Her track, where'er the goddess roves, Glory pursue, and gen'rous shame, Th' unconquerable mind, and freedom's holy flame.