A woman who would steal your love when your love was really all you had to give was not much of a woman.

Fear is the emotion that makes us blind.

Understand death? Sure. That was when the monsters got you.

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.

We never cease wanting what we want, whether it's good for us or not.

Not every book has to be loaded with symbolism, irony, or musical language, but it seems to me that every book-at least every one worth reading-is about something.

It's as if God gave you something-all those stories- and said, "Here you are. Try not to lose it." But children lose everything unless somebody is there to help them, and if your parents are too stupid to do it, maybe i ought to.