Quotes of All Topics . Occasions . Authors
It is a fool's prerogative to utter truths that no one else will speak.
Have been unavoidably detained by the world. Expect us when you see us.
Being a writer of fiction isn't like being a compulsive liar, honestly.
The future came and went in the mildly discouraging way that futures do.
I already killed you once today, what does it take to teach some people?
People pursue things. As soon as they have them they run away from them.
Even if your goose habitually lays golden eggs, it will still be cooked.
The really important thing to be was yourself, just as hard as you could.
She was also an adult, and when adults fight children, adults always win.
The wise man knows when to keep silent. Only the fool tells all he knows.
When you dream, sometimes you remember. When you wake, you always forget.
Some things are too big to be seen; some emotions are too huge to be felt.
Perhaps this is the ultimate freedom, eh, Dreamlord? The freedom to leave.
You know what killed off the dinosaurs, Whateley? We did. In one barbecue.
I thought, I'm going to die. And, thinking that, I was determined to live.
I think hell is something you carry around with you, not somewhere you go.
I think I've got Fear down, but how do I take it all the way up to Terror?
Give me boredom. At least I know where I'm going to eat and sleep tonight.
I love CGI if it's invisible. I don't like it when it's there and obvious.
What do I do now?” “I don’t know. Fade away, perhaps. Or find another role.
So, if a city has a personality, maybe it also has a soul. Maybe it dreams.
Joy and sorrow are like milk and cookies. That's how well they go together.
Rock and roll stars have it much better than writers when they're on a tour.
You can't trust other people. If it's important, you have to do it yourself.
I was always so relieved that anyone wants to publish anything I've written.
The past is always knocking at the door, trying to break through into today.
My people, we stay indoors. We have keyboards. We have darkness. It's quiet.
There are so many places we have not yet seen. So many people still to meet.
First rule of magic: Don't let anyone know your real name. Names have power.
Pain shared, my brother, is pain not doubled but halved. No man is an island
Finish what you're writing. Whatever you have to do to finish it, finish it.
Information and knowledge: two currencies that have never gone out of style.
The Lord of Dreams learns that one must change or die, and makes his decision
I hope you read some fine books and kiss someone who thinks you're wonderful.
Stories are the things that allow us to persuade each other that we're human.
What need, Dunstan wondered, could someone have of the storm-filled eggshells?
According to my daughters, my most irritating habit is asking for cups of tea.
Media. I think I have heard of her. Isn't she the one who killed her children?
I never fell. I don't care what they say. I'm still doing my job, as I see it.
I have heard the languages of apocalypse, and now I shall embrace the silence.
There's a but, isn't there?" said Coraline. "I can feel it. Like a rain cloud.
Hunchbacks danced at my wedding for luck. It's a thing you don't see nowadays.
The war had begun and nobody saw it. The storm was lowering and nobody knew it.
And he waited. It was only for a few seconds, but it felt like a small forever.
He goes his way. We travel a spiral. The quickest way is sometimes the longest.
It’s an artist’s job to show people the world they live in. We hold up mirrors.
Dahling, when God put teeth in your mouth, he ruined a perfectly good arsehole.
My ideal reader is me. And yes, my ideal reader comes with me and is forgiving.
There are accounts that, if we open our hearts to them, will cut us too deeply.
I believe that all men are just overgrown boys with deep problems communicating.