Just sort of relax your mind and say yes, it does hurt, I know. Don't try and shut it out.

A murderer was a worthy companion.

Symbols and emblems were everywhere. Buildings and pictures were designed to be read like books. Everything stood for something else; if you had the right dictionary, you could read Nature itself. It was hardly surprising to find philosophers using the symbolism of their time to interpret knowledge that came from a mysterious source.

I had passed through the entire British education system studying literature, culminating in three years of reading English at Oxford, and they'd never told me about something as basic as the importance of point of view in fiction!

Being in love was like China: you knew it was there, and no doubt it was very interesting, and some people went there, but I never would.

Tell them stories. They need the truth you must tell them true stories, and everything will be well, just tell them stories.

I don't know where my ideas come from, but I know where they come to. They come to my desk, and if I'm not there, they go away again.