Well, I'm like a drug addict, I'm always saying I'm going to stop, and then I don't, what I've said consistently is that I hope I know when to stop: when it starts to get repetitive.

It's not the pain I'm afraid of; I know about the pain. What I'm afraid of is the end of this small, sweet dream.

There may be fairies, there may be elves, but God helps those who help themselves.

It was as hysterical as a woman having a hot flash.

The essential and defining characteristic of childhood is not the effortless merging of dream and reality, but only alienation. There are no words for childhood's dark turns and exhalations. A wise child recognizes it and submits to the necessary consequences. A child who counts the cost is a child no longer.

If you intend to write as truthfully as you can, your days as a member of polite society are numbered.

Writing good dialogue is art as well as craft.