We were, the two of us, still fragmentary beings, just beginning to sense the presence of an unexpected, to be-aquired reality that would fill us and make us whole.

In long-distance running the only opponent you have to beat is yourself, the way you used to be.

I think people who share my dreams can enjoy reading my novels. And that's a wonderful thing. I said that myths are like a reservoir of stories, and if I can act as a similar kind of "reservoir," albeit a modest one, that would make me very happy.

My heroes don't have anything special. They have something to tell other people but they don't know how, so they talk to themselves.

The best way to think about reality, I had decided, was to get as far away from it as possible.

They were each like a mirror for the other, reflecting the changes in themselves.

Each of us possesses a tangible living soul. The system has no such thing. We must not allow the system to exploit us.