"If it can be verified, we don't need faith... Faith is for that which lies on the other side of reason. Faith is what makes life bearable, with all its tragedies and ambiguities and sudden, startling joys."
"Death is contagious; it is contracted the moment we are conceived."
"I do not think that I will ever reach a stage when I will say, "This is what I believe. Finished."What I believe is alive ... and open to growth"
"Stories make us more alive, more human, more courageous, more loving."
"You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children."
"When the bright angel dominates, out comes a great work of art, a Michelangelo David or a Beethoven symphony."