The trust of the innocent is the liar's most useful tool.

Writing good dialogue is art as well as craft.

Wow. This makes grand central look like a bus stop in Buttfuck Nebraska.

The quiet, singing voice of the rose. The song that promised all might be well, all might be well, that all manner of things might be well.

I think there ought to be some serious discussion by smart people, really smart people, about whether or not proliferation of things like The Smoking Gun and TMZ and YouTube and the whole celebrity culture is healthy.

Roland grabbed Jake and hauled him to his feet. “You came!” Jake shouted. “You really came!” “I came, yes. By the grace of the gods and the courage of my friends, I came.

If you're going into a very dark place, then you should take a bright light, and shine it on everything. If you don't want to see, why in God's name would you dare the dark at all?