A man who invents himself needs someone to believe in him... Not only the need to be believed in, but the need to believe in another. You've got it: Love.

Writers and politicians are natural rivals. Both groups try to make the world in their own images; they fight for the same territory.

The publishing of a book is a worldwide event. The attempt to suppress a book is a worldwide event.

He knew what he knew: that the real world was full of magic, so magical worlds could easily be real.

If by some bizarre chance there turns out to be a god [...], I'm willing to bet he's an atheist too.

Throughout human history, the apostles of purity, those who have claimed to possess a total explanation, have wrought havoc among mere mixed-up human beings.

Something was badly amiss with the spiritual life of the planet...Too many demons inside people claiming to believe in God.