"The world is a mirror, and the mirror is a shadow."

I'm not a singer, I'm a storyteller.

The great question which, in all ages, has disturbed mankind, and brought on them the greatest part of their mischiefs, has been, not whether there be power in the world, nor whence it came, but who should have it.

You don't learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.

Every human being has hundreds of separate people living under his skin. The talent of a writer is his ability to give them their separate names, identities, personalities and have them relate to each other.