This above all, to refuse to be a victim.

I read for pleasure and that is the moment I learn the most.

A word after a word after a word is power.

Human understanding is fallible, and we see through a glass, darkly. Any religion is a shadow of God. But the shadows of God are not God.

Remember that, my child. Remember you are half water. If you can't go through an obstacle, go around it. Water does.

I know that some books and some writers, you can pretty much draw a square around it and say, 'Nobody under 40,' or 'Nobody under 25.' With my books, it always has been, and continues to be, spread right across the board, and I think the operative term is 'reader.'

Blondes are like white mice, you only find them in cages. They wouldn’t last long in nature. They’re too conspicuous.