"Writing is a lonely job. Having someone who believes in you makes a lot of difference."

"Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution."

"You don’t have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them."

"Life is trying things to see if they work."

"You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you."