You have to know your own mind inside out before you can know the minds of others.

Read the right books and we can be as wild and worry-free as we've ever wanted to be. No law can stop us reading.

One day, I decided I was going to write books forever.

The fear of not being remembered is a dangerous thing.

I’m proud to be a writer. I’m doing the job all my heroes did.

One man’s fight is another man’s freedom.

Reality was dawning on him and he hated reality. If you were him, so would you.

No matter what the good boys tell you, criminality is not a level playing field.

Katie soon learned there was a problem with hope.

First time I ever put pen to paper, I had one goal – to build something no one had ever thought of before.

Writing is just building a new world – one character, one place, one maniac at a time.

Science is just as important as magic.

Fashion allows you to be whoever you want to be.

The pride of learning is against the dependent humility of prayer.

We are more ready to try the untried when what we do is inconsequential. Hence the remarkable fact that many inventions had their birth as toys.

Use loneliness. Its ache creates urgency to reconnect with the world. Take that aching and use it to propel you deeper into your need for expression - to speak, to say who you are.

Your daily schedule reflects your deepest values.

I know my limits. That's why I'm beyond.

Grandparents who want to be truly helpful will do well to keep their mouths shut and their opinions to themselves until these are requested.