Quotes about Author

Fear attacks the foundation of our relationship with God—our faith. Fear is faith in the devil; it is also called unbelief.

Someone told me that each equation I included in the book would halve the sales.

Some people write heavily, some write lightly. I prefer the light approach because I believe there is a great deal of false reverence about. There is too much solemnity and intensity in dealing with sacred matters; too much speaking in holy tones.

The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading in order to write. A man will turn over half a library to make a book.

I brought all the instincts of a writer with me into the monastery.

That has always seemed to me one of the stranger aspects of literary fame: you prove your competence as a writer and an inventor of stories, and then people clamour for you to make speeches and tell them what you think about the world.

I stay out of politics because if I begin thinking too much about politics, I'll probably... drop writing children's books and become a political cartoonist again.

Writing and travel broaden your ass if not your mind and I like to write standing up.

Paris ain't much of a town.

So, I got a lot of recruitment letters from track.

Manipulation is moving together for my advantage. Motivation is moving together for mutual advantage.

Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree.