Are we human because we gaze at the stars or do we gaze at the stars because we are human?

I already killed you once today, what does it take to teach some people?

You could fire a machine gun randomly through the pages of Lord of the Rings and never hit any women.

You can't just boss bacteria around like that," said the younger Mrs. Hempstock. "They don't like it." "Stuff and silliness," said the old lady. "You leave wigglers alone and they'll be carrying on like anything. Show them who's boss and they can't do enough for you. You've tasted my cheese.

I hope you'll make mistakes. If you're making mistakes, it means you're out there doing something.

But standing in that hallway, it was all coming back to me. Memories were waiting at the edges of things, beckoning to me.

I learned to write by writing.