I am interested in madness. I believe it is the biggest thing in the human race, and the most constant. How do you take away from a man his madness without also taking away his identity? Are we sure it is desirable for a man's spirit not to be at war with itself, or that it is better to be serene and ready to go to dinner than to be excited and unwilling to stop for a cup of coffee, even?

Lionel whispered because he was under the impression that it was out of respect for books, not consideration for readers.

Chance acquaintances are sometimes the most memorable, for brief friendships have such definite starting and stopping points that they take on a quality of art, of a whole thing, which cannot be broken or spoiled.

I used to throw things out, saying, 'This isn't great.' It didn't occur to me that it didn't have to be great.

Everybody has got to die, but I have always believed an exception would be made in my case.

Nobody, but nobody, is going to tell me I'm not the most. I am. I was the most when everybody else was struggling bitterly to become a little.

All I can do is write my stories for mankind, and rest easy.