It strikes me as somewhat odd that the people who use God's name most frequently, both in life and in literature, usually don't believe in him.

I knew that the moment I started worrying about whether or not I was good enough for the job, I wouldn't be able to do it.

The concentration of a small child at play is analogous to the concentration of the artist of any discipline. In real play, which is real concentration, the child is not only outside time, he is outside himself.

All forms of art are consciousness expanders, and I am convinced that they will take us further, and more consciously, than drugs.

Inspiration does not always precede the act of writing; it often follows it.

Love isn't how you feel. It's what you do. I've never had a feeling in my life. As a matter of fact, I matter only with earth people.

It does not matter that we cannot fathom this mystery. The only real problem comes when we think that we have.