Never feel dumb. Not knowing who or what is no sin. Ignorance is simply the measure of what you haven't got to yet. I find writers and works every day that I haven't got to, haven't even heard of.

The difference between being Achilles and almost being Achilles is the difference between living and dying.

Never feel dumb. Not knowing who or what is no sin. Ignorance is simply the measure of what you haven't got to yet. I find writers and works every day that I haven't got to, haven't even heard of.

The real reason for a quest is always self-knowledge.

Real people are made out of a whole lot of things-flesh, bone, blood, nerves, stuff like that. Literary people are made out of words.

Whenever people eat or drink together, it's communion.

When it's over, we may feel wooed, adored, appreciated, or abused, but it will have been an affair to remember.