I don't like work like that. I am the silent partner. I work through events, I live on the sidelines, I dabble in causes and effects, I watch how the misbegotten creatures of this world live their lives.

Happy endings are still endings.

[Puggles] "What population signs on willingly for slavery?" "You mean other than wives?" [Glinda]

A man is called a traitor, or liberator. A rich man is a thief or philanthropist. Is one a crusader or ruthless invader? It's all in which label is able to persist.

I know you don't want to hear this but someone has to say it! You are out of control! I mean they're just shoes... let it go!

And a puzzle is for the piecing together, especially for the young, who still believe it can be done.

When I write a book, I write very cleanly from page one to the last page. I hardly ever write out of sequence.