I do not read the ancient languages, but I am beginning to study Greek.

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The thing should have plot and character, beginning, middle and end. Arouse pity and then...

The thing should have plot and character, beginning, middle and end. Arouse pity and then...

You can look at the New York Times Bestseller List and you can be pretty...

You can look at the New York Times Bestseller List and you can be pretty...

I thought The Shining was just absolutely wonderful. Stephen King reaches all kinds of people....

I thought The Shining was just absolutely wonderful. Stephen King reaches all kinds of people....

I can't keep up with Stephen King's output.

I can't keep up with Stephen King's output.

So why must it wound him that the most despairing music is full of beauty?...

So why must it wound him that the most despairing music is full of beauty?...

In spite of all the refinements of society that conspired to make art the dizzying...

In spite of all the refinements of society that conspired to make art the dizzying...

The vampires have always been metaphors for me. They've always been vehicles through which I...

The vampires have always been metaphors for me. They've always been vehicles through which I...

I'm definitely more influenced by European writers than I am by American writers, there's no...

I'm definitely more influenced by European writers than I am by American writers, there's no...

I feel like an outsider, and I always will feel like one. I've always felt...

I feel like an outsider, and I always will feel like one. I've always felt...

I'm always looking, and I'm always asking questions.

I'm always looking, and I'm always asking questions.

To write something, you have to risk making a fool of yourself.

To write something, you have to risk making a fool of yourself.

I was obsessed with religious questions, the basics: Why are we here? Why is the...

I was obsessed with religious questions, the basics: Why are we here? Why is the...

We're frightened of what makes us different.

We're frightened of what makes us different.

Very few beings really seek knowledge in this world. Mortal or immortal, few really ASK....

Very few beings really seek knowledge in this world. Mortal or immortal, few really ASK....

Life has no meaning any more does it? The wine has no taste, the food...

Life has no meaning any more does it? The wine has no taste, the food...

I'm fascinated by almost any mythology that I can get my hands on.

I'm fascinated by almost any mythology that I can get my hands on.

I know nothing of God or the Devil. I have never seen a vision nor...

I know nothing of God or the Devil. I have never seen a vision nor...

My own funeral, I'd like to be laid out in a coffin in my own...

My own funeral, I'd like to be laid out in a coffin in my own...

When I write something, every word of it is meant. I can't say it enough.

When I write something, every word of it is meant. I can't say it enough.

To really ask is to open the door to the whirlwind. The answer may annihilate...

To really ask is to open the door to the whirlwind. The answer may annihilate...