I stopped believing there was a power of good and a power of evil that were outside us. And I came to believe that good and evil are names for what people do, not for what they are.

But think of Adam and Eve like an imaginary number, like the square root of minus one: you can never see any concrete proof that it exists, but if you include it in your equations, you can calculate all manner of things that couldn't be imagined without it.

If there is a war to be fought, we don’t consider cost one of the factors in deciding whether or not to fight.

There are some themes, some subjects, too large for adult fiction; they can only be dealt with adequately in a children's book.

We feel cold, but we don't mind it, because we will not come to harm. And if we wrapped up against the cold, we wouldn't feel other things, like the bright tingle of the stars, or the music of the aurora, or best of all the silky feeling of moonlight on our skin. It's worth being cold for that.

If you can't think of what to write, tough luck; write anyway.

I am a story teller. If I wanted to send a message I would have written a sermon.