Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don't feel I should be doing something else.

The challenge in learning is not just to memorize, but to generalize from specific examples to broader concepts.

Concerning the gods, I cannot know either that they exist or that they do not exist, nor what form they might have, for there is much to prevent one's knowing: the obscurity of the subject and the shortness of man's life.

Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.

"I like to tell stories that are a little bit off-center, a little bit strange."