The worst thing about the fantasies of the mentally ill is that they're so damned consistent. They never let up. They never give you any rest.

I know everything I need to know already," Rigg always said... To which Father always replied,"See how ignorant you are? You don't even know why you need to know the things you don't know yet." "So tell me," said Rigg. "I would but you're too ignorant to understand the reasons why your ignorance is a fatal disease.

Well, how do I know that they don't know the answer unless I ask?

I will never hurt you. I will always help you. If you are hungry Ill give you my food. If you are frightened I am your friend. I love you now. And love does not end.

I think that most of us, anyway, read these stories that we know are not "true" because we're hungry for another kind of truth: the mythic truth about human nature in general, the particular truth about those life-communities that define our own identity, and the most specific truth of all: our own self-story. Fiction, because it is not about someone who lived in the real world, always has the possibility of being about oneself. --From the Introduction

There is more good writing and good acting in any ten minutes of Twister than in, say, all of Citizen Kane.

You can’t answer what I said, so you’re going to talk about my saying it.