The human species was too fond of lying, cheating, envy, ignorance, self-pity, self-righteousness, and utopian visions that always led to mass murder-but until and if it destroyed itself, it harbored the potential to become nobler, to take responsibility for its actions, to live and let live, and to earn the stewardship of the earth.

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.

Experts must read the patterns and judge their usefulness as evidence. Under any of numerous pressures, an expert may wish to misread a pattern or even to alter it. Americans had a touching trust in "experts".

... and she had worn bitterness as though it were a crown.

I never have lunch because it makes me foggy-headed.

Although I've said a million times that I'm not a horror writer, I do like horror.

I have been reading Stephen King since CARRIE and hope to read him for many years to come.