Pain and darkness have been our lot since the Fall of Man. But there must be some hope that we can rise to a higher level ... that consciousness can evolve to a plane more benevolent than its counterpoint of a universe hardwired to indifference.

The sum of the crowd's IQ was far below that of its most modest single member. Mobs have passions, not brains.

It's odd how violence and humor so often go together, isn't it?

What, after all, is more real to us than the geography of our childhoods?

Speaking as a novelist myself, I know that members of our profession live in our imaginations as much or more as we inhabit what people call 'the real world.

Losing our ignorance can be dangerous because our ignorance is a shield.

Seduction... was both a science and art - a blend of skill, discipline, proximity, and opportunity. Mostly proximity.