Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
I read a book a week, man. And I don't have a great memory, but I have a good memory about what I read.
I find that sometimes if you just sit still, things have a way of finding you before you can find them.
Pushing the boundaries of polite society does not just fall under the purview of crime fiction authors.
I think some people are good at being alone, and some people aren't, and as a child, I really liked it.
Librarians have always stood up for writers and readers in every kind of community across this country.
An idea's birth is legitimate if one has the feeling that one is catching oneself plagiarizing oneself.
It is the mission of the press to disseminate intellect and at the same time destroy receptivity to it.
No one cared what she wanted. No one had ever cared. And perhaps, worst of all, no one ever would care.
I do think that memoirs by women are reviewed differently and considered somewhat outside of the canon.
Whenever I prepare for a journey I prepare as though for death. Should I never return, all is in order.
The best thing about being a fiction writer is that where the truth is inconvenient, I could veer away.
I'd seen more cops in the last few days than on a weekend LAW and ORDER marathon" - Paigne Winterbourne
My own life has had so many twists that I keep thinking I'll have one blessing that is not in disguise.
Unhappiness and dissatisfaction with life are not signs of mental illness, but of growing intelligence.
When I'd written my 'Silverwing' series - I'd imbued the bats with full human awareness and vocabulary.
All holy days, no matter the religion with which they are associated, contain lessons for all humanity.
Your heart beats 72 times a minute. Every time it beats, it does so with the permission of its Creator.
Sir if I was your daughter I would wait until this train started again and throw myself in front of it!
It's no wonder the narcissistic mother will always have a place in literature: she's a freak of nature.
And what was it about the dark that made her question things she’d never questioned before, in the day.
Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before.
Don't be reckless with other peoples hearts. And don't put up with people that are reckless with yours.
Extenuating circumstance to be mentioned on Judgment Day: We never asked to be born in the first place.
Characters paralyzed by the meaninglessness of modern life still have to drink water from time to time.
Everything of mine which has been filmed so far has been one character short, and that character is me.
The heartbreaking necessity of lying about reality and the heartbreaking impossibilty of lying about it
There is no order in the world around us, we must adapt ourselves to the requirements of chaos instead.
No one has ever achieved anything from the smallest to the greatest unless the dream was dreamed first.
Suffering passes, while love is eternal. That's a gift that you have received from God. Don't waste it.
Sometimes you deal with the devil not because you want to, but because if you don't, someone else will.
Now that's an Okay that really means Okay, not that Okay that women use that means everything but Okay.
They say not to look back, but if you’re not sure what lies ahead, what else is there but looking back?
I know the universe has a sense of irony, and sometimes you get reminded just how sadistic that can be.
Most women complain that there are no single, straight men left. I’d just like to meet one who’s human.
IT happened. There is no avoiding it, no forgetting. No running away, or flying, or burying, or hiding.
Life is for the living. Don't let the fear of striking out let you from keep you from playing the game.
I was fired from my television job, simple as that. Well, downsized, really, a classic 1990s situation.
I'm always interested in encountering people who are synesthetic and seeing how they experience things.
He felt now that he was not simply close to her, but that he did not know where he ended and she began.
Where there is a man who does not labor because another is compelled to work for him, there slavery is.
If a man does not work at necessary and good things, then he will work at unnecessary and stupid things
But I was thinking of a way To multiply by ten, And always, in the answer, get The question back again.
I thought I was having an existential crisis, but it was nothing. Please don't tailgate: body in trunk.
I want to ask him if it’s possible that a girl can be born unlovable, or does she just become that way?
If one's bowels move, one is happy, and if they don't move, one is unhappy. That is all there is to it.
I think I've written 40 books, and none of them have been heavy on action. I'm an introspective person.
What's important is the preparation for adult life, and the training you'll receive in your Assignment.
Women are strong, strong, terribly strong. We don't know how strong until we're pushing out our babies.
With most of my books, there are some parts that pop up right away, and other parts I have to wait for.
Nothing is as horrendous as imagining the times of happiness from an environment which is that of hell.