There are all sorts of dream interpretations, Freud's being the most notorious, but I have always believed they served a simple eliminatory function, and not much more - that dreams are the psyche's way of taking a good dump every now and then.

I'd like to take a motorcycle trip across Europe, maybe even across China. Of course I'd also like to broker a peace agreement between the Israelis and the Palestinians, but it's important to put ceilings on one's ambitions.

The dream didn't fade as dreams usually do upon waking.

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.

Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.

If I have to spend time in purgatory before going to one place or the other, I guess I'll be all right as long as there's a lending library.

It's better to be good than evil, but one achieves goodness at a terrific cost.