Because I show you my pain, I do not of necessity love you.

To be godless is probably the first step to innocence," he said, "to lose the sense of sin and subordination, the false grief for things supposed to be lost." So by innocence you mean not an absence of experience, but an absence of illusions." An absence of need for illusions," he said. "A love of and respect for what is right before your eyes.

Roman influence seeds itself, sprouting mighty oaks right through the modern forest of computers, digital disks, microviruses and space satellites.

I know nothing of God or the Devil. I have never seen a vision nor learned a secret that would damn or save my soul.

Stephen King in many respects is a wonderful writer. He has made a contribution. People in the future will be able to pick up Stephen King's books and learn a lot about who we were by reading those books.

I like to read things I've read before. It's like listening over and over to your favorite song.

Keep your secrets Keep your silence It is a better gift than truth