“Poetry is a way of coming to know the realness of things; fiction is a way of coming to know the world of relationships; nonfiction is a way of coming to know the world of the mind.”

“There is a wicked and pervading arrogance loose on the earth, like a rabid beast, an overdog. Does it run, does it slouch, does its name have a number? The beast preaches contempt, for that's what arrogance says: that nothing is real but itself, and the bone and blood of another's being are insubstantial as breath.”

“I didn't find my story; it found me, as autobiography always does: finds you out in your deepest most private places.”

“The story of his great-grandfather . . . was his own story, too.”

“Everyone knows that wizards are pigheaded and come to bad ends.”

“There's no such thing as complete when it comes to stories. Stories are infinite. They are as infinite as worlds.”

“I don't know what to saw about a man who calls a perfectly adorable three-year old a fucker, but "my hero" comes to mind.”