If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home.

The really great writers are people like Emily Bronte who sit in a room and write out of their limited experience and unlimited imagination.

If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay at home.

I'm not a very good writer, but I'm an excellent rewriter.

Scientists dream about doing great things. Engineers do them.

Very early on in life, I decided the hell with it: material things weren't for me. Christmas would come, and other kids would have all these presents, and it wouldn't bother me a bit.

It takes courage to know when you ought to be afraid.

An age is called Dark not because the light fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it.