I write any sort of rubbish which will cover the main outlines of the story, then I can begin to see it.

Faith is what someone knows to be true, whether they believe it or not.

Dogma is the guardian of mystery. The doctrines are spiritually significant in ways that we cannot fathom.

I don't deserve any credit for turning the other cheek as my tongue is always in it.

I suppose half of writing is overcoming the revulsion you feel when you sit down to it.

Anybody who has survived his childhood has enough information about life to last him the rest of his days.

Doctors always think anybody doing something they aren't is a quack; also they think all patients are idiots.