A fanatic is a nut who has something to believe in.

Pain can be endured and defeated only if it is embraced. Denied or feared, it grows in perception if not in reality. The best response to terror is righteous anger, confidence in ultimate justice, a refusal to be intimidated.

He is different, and there will be many people you love who will be unhappy with you. You don’t want them to feel you’ve dishonored them. Yes, I know how it is. But life is short. A chance for great happiness doesn’t come along all that often.

Maybe there's nothing impossible tonight. We're down the hole to Wonderland, and no White Rabbit to guide us." If I remember correctly, the White Rabbit was an unreliable guide, anyway.

What will happen will happen. There is time for miracles until there is no more time, but time has no end.

I've got a long list of books I wish I'd never written-and I've kept them all out of print for the past 20 years.

In my personal life, I'm a comic novel. But then, so are we all, because we're human beings.