The greatest weapon in the world ... is ridicule.
Useless as a pulled tooth.
The writing career is not a romantic one. The writer's life may be colorful, but his work itself is rather drab.
Herbert used to say that he was as tight as the paper on the wall.
Enemies are an indication of character.
I began to feel that if religion was either an illusion or a revelation, it was simpler to accept it as an illusion.