You should visit before you pass judgment on a place.

Writing is writing, and stories are stories. Perhaps the only true genres are fiction and nonfiction. And even there, who can be sure?

The bitterness of joy lies in the knowledge that is cannot last. Nor should joy last beyond a certain season, for, after that season, even joy would become merely habit.

She looked, and a scarlet butterfly flew away from her, away down the length of the tower, and then another, another, an unraveling scarf of butterflies like winged blood.

Archetypes are universal, and, in subtle or extravagant ways, interchangeable.

We need the expressive arts, the ancient scribes, the storytellers, the priests.

The soul is a magician. Only living flesh hampers it.

When I am fascinated by something, I like to play with it.

I submitted manuscripts to publishers. This was not so much a feeling that I should be published as a wish to escape the feared and hated drudgery of normal work.

No one is ever ordinary.

Maidens who stay maidens turn into saints. Old women become sorceresses. Tough jobs, both of these.

A difference of opinion does two things if you allow it, expands the mind and widens the heart.

Valuing your LIFE, what do you believe in? In the destination or in YOU?

No amount of reading or memorizing will make you successful in life. It is the understanding and application of wise thought that counts." -Bob Proctor

We all of us need assistance. Those who sustain others themselves want to be sustained.

Who shall ever tell how much an unmerited disfavor crushes a shy person? Who can ever depict the misfortunes of timidity?

I'm not trying to follow a set of rules and stuff. I'm just living my life.

Watch out for that pedestrian!" "It's on the street, it knows the risks it's taking!

L.A. interests me, the whole band scene and relaxed carefree feel, but it does not mean you have to dress like a hippy.

Men aging makes them look more authoritative, accomplished, distinguished. Sadly, it's not that way for women, and they will tell you.

I happen to be immature, undisciplined, and self-centered, pretty much a little boy in a man's body, although I'd appreciate it if you didn't quote me on that. -Bobby Tom