Writing a novel is not so much a project as a journey, a voyage, an adventure.

Reality whistles a different tune underwater.

We waste time looking for the perfect lover, instead of creating the perfect love.

Disbelief in magic can force a poor soul into believing in government and business.

Religion is not merely the opium of the masses, it's the cyanide.

In the haunted house of life, art is the only stair that doesn't creak.

The beet is the most intense of vegetables

Humanity has advanced, when it has advanced, not because it has been sober, responsible, and cautious, but because it has been playful, rebellious, and immature.

It is better to be small, colorful, sexy, careless, and peaceful.

To achieve the impossible; it is precisely the unthinkable that must be thought.

We're our own dragons as well as our own heroes, and we have to rescue ourselves from ourselves.

A man desire two things: love and happiness.

If you want to be treated like a mother, act like one.

Enjoying art is a personal matter. It's made up by contemplation, silence, abstraction.

Anyone suffering Downton Abbey withdrawal symptoms will find an instant tonic.

If we will maintain our hope and confidence in the genius of our people, they will work out this problem, and their ability and industry will bring us back to normal conditions.

Love heals all wounds and not just time alone.

Do the work. Out-work. Out-think. Out-sell your expectations. There are no shortcuts.

Mars once was wet and fertile. It's now bone dry. Something bad happened on Mars. I want to know what happened on Mars so that we may prevent it from happening here on Earth.

I share this interest in the weird, strange, unusual, surreal.

I'm reluctant to use the word class so much.