My life's been too much of a self-created vocation. And there are times when I think I've done everything in the name of defiance.

You never know the palette of the one you kill until the mind disgorges its finest colours.

Give me a man or woman who has read a thousand books and you give me an interesting companion. Give me a man or woman who has read perhaps three and you give me a very dangerous enemy indeed.

Was it fair to say I didn't know the full state of my soul?

I'm hoping what all sentient beings hope ... that somehow I'm part of something larger than myself, in which I play a role, an actual role that is somehow intended and meaningful.

A singer can shatter glass with the proper high note," he said, "but the simplest way to break glass is simply to drop it on the floor.

Goodnight sweet prince, may flights of devils wing you to your rest.