When you betray somebody else, you also betray yourself.

It is a general rule that when the grain of truth cannot be found, men will swallow great helpings of falsehood.

We know what a person thinks not when he tells us what he thinks, but by his actions.

They still believe in God, the family, angels, witches, goblins, logic, clarity, punctuation, and other obsolete stuff.

The sexual organs are the most sensitive organs of the human being. They are not diplomats. They tell the truth.

There are 500 reasons I write for children.... Children read books, not reviews. They don't give a hoot about the critics.... They don't read to free themselves of guilt, to quench their thirst for rebellion, or to get rid of alienation. They still believe in God, the family, angels, devils, witches, goblins, logic, clarity, punctuation, and other such obsolete stuff.... They don't expect their beloved writer to redeem humanity. Young as they are, they know that it is not in his power. Only the adults have such childish illusions.

The second half of the twentieth century is a complete flop.