People who try hard to do the right thing always seem mad.

Symbolism exists to adorn and enrich, not to create an artificial sense of profundity.

THE THREE is really wonderful. A mix of Michael Crichton and Shirley Jackson, hard to put down and vastly entertaining.

What can be done when you’re eleven can often never be done again.

It starts with this: put your desk in the corner, and every time you sit down there to write, remind yourself why it isn't in the middle of the room. Life isn't a support system for art. It's the other way around.

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.

My view is that organized religion is a very dangerous tool that's been misused by a lot of people.