Pride is the parent of destruction; pride eats the mind and the heart and the soul alive.

I love New Orleans physically. I love the trees and the balmy air and the beautiful days. I have a beautiful house here.

I'm usually working on my own mythology, my own realm of created characters. Stories in mythology inspire me, though I may not be conscious of it.

That was my nature - going from temptation after temptation, not to sin, but to be redeemed.

Truth is a risky proposition. It's the nature of mediocre human beings to believe that lies are necessary, that they serve a purpose, that truth is subversive, that candor is dangerous, that the very scaffold of communal life is supported by lies.

I read The Old Curiosity Shop before I began Blackwood Farm. I was amazed at the utter madness in that book.

When you think night and day and every moment only of pleasing me, things will be very easy for you.