Harm can come about without will or action. But will and action can avert harm.

I don't only write about English literature; I also write about chaos theory and... ants. I can understand ants.

No mere human can stand in a fire and not be consumed.

He felt changed, but there was no one to tell.

In England, everyone believes if you think, then you don't feel. But all my novels are about joining together thinking and feeling.

One of the reasons I've gotten so attached to talking to scientists is that... they know there is a reality.

…words have been all my life, all my life--this need is like the Spider's need who carries before her a huge Burden of Silk which she must spin out--the silk is her life, her home, her safety--her food and drink too--and if it is attacked or pulled down, why, what can she do but make more, spin afresh, design anew….