I don't want to go to the heaven that I learned about when I was a kid. To me, it seems boring.

I always like to see enlightened parents like that; it gives me hope for the future.

Has it ever occurred to you that parents are nothing but overgrown kids until their children drag them into adulthood? Usually kicking and screaming?

It's only a little secret, but having a secret makes me feel better. Like a human being again.

Remember that the truth is in the details. No matter how you see the world or what style it imposes on your work as an artist, the truth is in the details. Of course the devil's there, too-everyone says so-but maybe truth and the devil are words for the same thing. It could be you know.

A book is like a pump. It gives nothing unless first you give to it. You prime a pump with your own water, you work the handle with your own strength. You do this because you expect to get back more than you give.

I hold to no God," Roland said. "I hold to the Tower, and won't pray to that.