People pursue things. As soon as they have them they run away from them.

I could be blindfolded and dropped into the deepest ocean and I would know where to find you. I could be buried a hundred miles underground and I would know where you are.

Because, if one is writing novels today, concentrating on the beauty of the prose is right up there with concentrating on your semi-colons, for wasted effort.

Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.

According to my daughters, my most irritating habit is asking for cups of tea.

Then one stupid person, no different from any other stupid person, wanders into your stupid life... You give them a piece of you. They don't ask for it. They do something dumb one day, like kiss you or smile at you, and then your life isn't your own anymore.

Nobody's American," said Wednesday. "Not originally. That's my point.