"Not things, but opinions about things, trouble men."

“What a curious picture it is to find man, ***** sapiens, of divine origin, we are told, seriously considering going underground to escape the consequences of his own folly. With a little wisdom and foresight, surely it is not yet necessary to forsake life in the fresh air and in the warmth of sunlight. What a paradox if our own cleverness in science should force us to live underground with the moles.”

“...the habit of despair is worse than despair itself.”

“My first generation of young readers now have not only children, but some of them have grandchildren to whom they're introducing their old passion.”

Source : "Wizards in a new millennium: an interview with Diane Duane". Interview with Kelly Knox, www.wired.com. August 7, 2012.

“I'm interested in playing Rasputin at some point. I find him such a fascinating character and a fascinating period in Russian history. Either Rasputin or Jesus. I think I have more of a chance to play Rasputin.”

Source : Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

“Poetry is a mirror which makes beautiful that which is distorted.”

“The tent in which she first met him had smelled of blood, of the death she did not understand, and still she had thought of it all as a game. She had promised him the world. His flesh in the flesh of his enemies. And much too late had she realized what he had sown in her. Love. Worst of all poisons.”

“But my father was also the one who told me I needed to clean up my mouth or I'd never find a man. What's very important to him is manners. Show up on time. Always send thank-you letters. He is one of the more thoughtful humans I've ever met. He's a great man and a very good dad.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

“If you imitate someone, you owe them a royalty check. If you emulate them, you don't. There's a big difference. Check your lawyer.”