"I think it's important to be a bit of a maverick."

"It is a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it."

"Even if they are not [bloodthirsty], even if they are the most peace-loving people on earth, they still have to fight back when they are attacked."

"When you're writing, you're creating a world, and you're the master of it."

"I don't think there's any such thing as a bad child. Just bad parents."