Railway termini are our gates to the glorious and the unknown. Through them we pass out into adventure and sunshine, to them, alas! we return.

If there is on earth a house with many mansions, it is the house of words.

Works of art, in my opinion, are the only objects in the material universe to possess internal order, and that is why, though I don't believe that only art matters, I do believe in Art for Art's sake.

There lies at the back of every creed something terrible and hard for which the worshipper may one day be required to suffer.

My family and I have been the target of constant harassment and death threats, and I have been called the most vile and hateful names imaginable.

If any foreign minister begins to defend to the death a 'peace conference', you can be sure his government has already placed its orders for new battleships and airplanes.

I always write about war, love, death, and injustice. There's plenty of that around, so I never run out of ideas.

I was writing a scene where a guy was choking another guy to death. You can go online and type 'chokeholds' and watch scenes where martial artists choke each other out. You can hear what noises they make when they go unconscious, see how their bodies flop and everything. YouTube is amazing for the more detailed stuff.