I do not plan my fiction any more than I normally plan woodland walks; I follow the path that seems most promising at any given point, not some itinerary decided before entry.

Wealth is a monster. It takes a month to learn to control it financially. And many years to learn to control it psychologically.

One degrades oneself sometimes in the effort not to be lonely.

There is only one good definition of God: the freedom that allows other freedoms to exist.

We all want things we can't have. Being a decent human being is accepting that.

The dead live." "How do they live?" "By love.

I don't think the English like me. I sold a colossal best seller in America, and they never really forgave me.