I grabbed her ankle and kissed it, and when I looked up I saw her chin and her eyelashes as she threw back her head and laughed.

One will hate you for taking his life, another will run to excesses that you scorn. A third will emerge mad and raving, another a monster you cannot control. One will be jealous of your superiority, another shut you out... And the veil will always come down between you Make a legion, you will be, always and forever alone!

The prince is never going to come. Everyone knows that; and maybe sleeping beauty's dead.

To write something, you have to risk making a fool of yourself.

I enjoy the Web site a lot and I like being able to talk to my readers. I've always had a very close relationship with them.

The finest thing under the sun and moon is the human soul. I marvel at the small miracles of kindness that pass between humans, I marvel at the growth of conscience, at the persistence of reason in the face of all superstition or despair. I marvel at human endurance.

The world doesn't need any more mediocrity or hedged bets.