You know how it is: as soon as you decide to forget something, your brain comes to the conclusion that it's the most fascinating thing in the world.

Time may heal all wounds, but it does not erase the scars.

Literature is a textually transmitted disease, normally contracted in childhood.

A book is a wonderful present. Though it may grow worn, it will never grow old.

Childrens books change lives. Stories pour into the hearts of children and help make them what they become.

Love the writing, love the writing, love the writing... the rest will follow.

It's never perfect when I write it down the first time, or the second time, or the fifth time. But it always gets better as I go over it and over it.

Take a step, breathe in the world, give it out again in story, poem, song, art.

Ideas are the cheapest part of the writing. They are free. The hard part is what you do with ideas you've gathered.

Language helps develp life as surely as it reflects life. It is a most important part of our human condition.

Stories," he'd said, his voice low and almost husky, "we are made up of stories. And even the one's that seem the most like lies can be our deepest hidden truths.

Change can only work in two ways – for the better, or for the worst. Yet, regardless of whatever manner in which change comes into our lives, what matters is how we view it and how we react to it.

Give up your holy books, and remember the Lord, you fool,  and stop oppressing others so badly.

Sometimes to take two steps in a row, one after the other, I need to make a contract with myself.

Bigamy, n. A mistake in taste for which the wisdom of the future will adjudge a punishment called trigamy.

The future is going to take care of itself, like it always has.

I never want to ever look back.

I can deal with Stalin. He is honest, but smart as hell.

Ah, ladies and gentlemen, a man lives a sad life when he cannot take anything or anyone seriously.

I've done without doing things, like sleeping and eating, but I need to write.

Where there is great love there are always miracles.