Money means I can support my family and still do what I love. Not very many people can say that in this world, and not many writers can say that.

Research can only present data about the past. No one seriously believes that people's answers to hypothetical questions about the future accurately represent their future behaviour; they merely represent a current attitude, which may or may not be translated into future behaviour.

The shuddering would not stop. The pain was like the end of the world. He thought: There comes a point when the very discussion of pain becomes redundant. No one knows there is pain the size of this in the world. No one. It is like being possessed by demons.

We are going to fight. We are going to be hurt. And in the end, we will stand.

I can't see the future, but it's grim. The depletion of resources - we're living in this dine-and-dash economy.

I guess when you turn off the main road, you have to be prepared to see some funny houses.

A library card is good to have, you can never have too much ID.