I think the world is an interesting place and I don't think anybody has the firm and final answer to what it is but I kind of assume there's a purpose.

Most universities are no longer temples of knowledge, but of power, and true moderns worship there.

Only once in a generation does anything as fresh as a vomiting detective come along.

I believe in the possibility of miracles but, more to the point, I believe in our need for them.

Books had shown me, however, that all people everywhere wanted their lives to have purpose and meaning. This longing was universal.

Stay low, stay quiet, keep it simple, don't expect too much, enjoy what you have.

A plot without action is like pasta without garlic, like Dolly Parton without cleavage, and like a writer without his similes.