"If you want your writing to be taken seriously, don’t marry and have kids, and above all, don’t die. But if you have to die, commit suicide."

"I think it's important to be a little bit crazy."

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

"We read books to find out who we are. What other people, real or imaginary, do and think and feel… is an essential part of the process of discovering what we are doing and thinking and feeling."

"If you don’t like my ideas, please don’t read my books."