I admit to having an imagination feverish enough to melt good judgment.

I think the world is full of evil people. I think in some ways we're in more danger now than before.

I am no theologian. I would not be surprised, however, if Heaven proved to be a cozy kitchen, where delicious treats appeared in the oven and in the refrigerator whenever you wanted them, and where the cupboards were full of good books.

I enjoy the hell out of writing but don't like what follows: promotion and publicity, which I always strive to keep to a minimum, sometimes to my publisher's dismay.

I have learned a great deal from novels. Some of it is even true.

To many people, free will is a license to rebel not against what is unjust or hard in life but against what is best for them and true.

Imagine that you are more than nothing. Evil made you, but you are no more evil than a child unborn. If you want, if you seek, if you hope, who is to say that your hope might not be answered?