I made as many mistakes as anybody else. I sound as if I'm an egomaniac, and I suppose in some ways I'm filled with hubris because I know how good I am at certain things. But other things, I can't do at all. I can't draw.

Repent, Harlequin," said the Ticktock Man. "Get stuffed," the Harlequin replied.

A man may truly live in his dreams, his noblest dreams, but only, only if he is worthy of those dreams.

What I try to write about are the darkest things in the soul, the mortal dreads... The closer I get to the burning core of my being, the things which are most painful to me, the better is my work.

You're a writer. And that's something better than being a millionaire. Because it's something holy.

The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.

That's probably one of my biggest gripes with the Internet - that it settles for mediocrity and disinformation, which puts all information on the same level. Everything has the same value, whether it's Albert Einstein speaking, or yoohoo27@msn.com.