"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."
"It takes too much energy to be against something unless it's really important."
"Truth is what is true, and it's not necessarily factual. Truth and fact are not the same thing. Truth does not contradict or deny facts, but it goes through and beyond facts. This is something that it is very difficult for some people to understand. Truth can be dangerous."
"Death is contagious; it is contracted the moment we are conceived."
"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."