The only superstition I have is that I must start a new book on the same day that I finish the last one, even if it's just a few notes in a file. I dread not having work in progress.

Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards because a refusal often offends, I read somewhere.

It is often said that before you die your life passes before your eyes. It is in fact true. It's called living.

...'I thought the rule was that all monks were shaved.' 'Oh, Soto says he is bald under the hair,'said Lu Tze. 'He says the hair is a separate creature that just happens to live on him.

Just because it's not nice doesn't mean it's not miraculous.

It is said that the Devil has all the best tunes. This is broadly true. But Heaven has the best choreographers

I don't see what's so triffic about creating people as people and then gettin' upset cos' they act like people", said Adam severely. "Anyway, if you stopped tellin' people it's all sorted out after they're dead, they might try sorting it all out while they're alive.