"The trouble with you, my dear, is that you think you're important."

"I think hard times are coming when we will be wanting the voices of writers who can see alternatives to how we live now."

"I don’t know if I believe in dragons, but I do believe in the people who believe in dragons."

"The artist is a servant of the art, not a master of it."

"The only way to write well is to write badly first."