"I am a very simple person. I like to eat, sleep, and write."

"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function."

"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

"The world is full of magic things, patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper."

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