...in an infinite universe, anything that could be imagined might somewhere exist.

Civilization rests on the fact that most people do the right thing most of the time.

Although charismatic, James Dean is no Harrison Ford. In the majority of his movies, sooner or later he got the crap beaten out of him.

I always enjoyed the kids, but I didn't enjoy the bureaucracy of the educational system.

I've always operated with a great deal of self-doubt. Every time I start a new book it's like, well, this one will destroy the career and I have to overcome that feeling especially in the first hundred pages of the book.

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

Each reader needs to bring his or her own mind and heart to the text.