But you can't make people listen. They have to come round in their own time, wondering what happened and why the world blew up around them. It can't last.

Insanity is relative. It depends on who has who locked in what cage.

You fail only if you stop writing.

Love is the answer to everything. It's the only reason to do anything.

I discovered very early on that if you wanted a thing, you went for it - and you got it. Most people never go anywhere, or want anything - so they never get anything.

This was all he wanted now. Some signs that the immense world would accept him and give him the long time he needed to think all the things that must be thought.

Do what you love and love what you do. Don’t do anything for money. Everything should be for love.