Alas! they had been friends in youth; but whispering tongues can poison truth.

Until you understand a writer's ignorance, presume yourself ignorant of his understanding.

Language is the armory of the human mind, and at once contains the trophies of its past and the weapons of its future conquests.

Not one man in a thousand has the strength of mind or the goodness of heart to be an atheist.

As a fiction writer, my favorite tools are my imagination and the peculiar opportunities offered by different points of view.

Being surrounded by creativity and talent is very enriching - not in terms of money but in terms of the soul and the spirit.

I have always thought that the place where you sleep or the place you share with your partner should be separate from the place where you write. The domestic rituals and details somehow kill the imagination. They kill the demon in me.

There are moments in time when the coincidence of art and reality interact to allow us a glimpse into the context of history. The release of the Christopher Nolan film 'Interstellar' a few days after two catastrophes in our space endeavor gives us one of those moments.