They also held that the way to salvation was to give way to lust and temptation in all things. And no greater percentage of them turned up here than of any other religion. Amusing, isn't it?

Picking one of your favorite creation or character is like picking the best one of your children! I'm not sure it really works. My very favorite characters tend to be ones I can go back to and look at, and have no idea how they popped out of my head.

I never fell. I don't care what they say. I'm still doing my job, as I see it.

The war had begun and nobody saw it. The storm was lowering and nobody knew it.

I liked myths. They weren't adult stories and they weren't children stories. They were better than that. They just were. Adult stories never made sense, and they were slow to start. They made me feel like there were secrets, Masonic, mythic secrets, to adulthood. Why didn't adults want to read about Narnia, about secret islands and smugglers and dangerous fairies?

It's one thing to want money, but if you find yourself choking on a coin as you wake, the money is slightly less desirable.

I am selfish, private and easily bored. Will this be a problem?