It was a backwards memory of an event in his future so terrifying that it had generated harmonics of fear all the way along his lifeline.

His parents called him Youngster. They did this in the subconcious hope that he might take the hint. Wensleydale gave the impression of having been born with a mental age of 47.

In my experience, what every true artist wants, really wants, is to be paid.

I'm not cruel, sir, I won't shoot you in the guts, but I will make you realize how much you took your toes for granted.

When you're all singing together, it brings things together. I know the songs that my grandfather and my father sang.

People's whole lives do pass in front of their eye before they die. The process is called "Living".

I certainly don't sit down and plan a book out before I write it. There's a phrase I use called "The Valley Full of Clouds." Writing a novel is as if you are going off on a journey across a valley. The valley is full of mist, but you can see the top of a tree here and the top of another tree over there. And with any luck you can see the other side of the valley. But you cannot see down into the mist. Nevertheless, you head for the first tree.