Faith is blind belief. Atheism is blind disbelief. No one has all the information needed to take up such fixed positions.

Human knowledge is but a ripple on the water's surface. To go deeper, we must accept the fact that we don't know everything

When you choose to look down on something, you render yourself incapable of understanding it.

Ah, sleep, clothe me in thy velvet cloak.

Great leaders lead by example, not by making an example of others.

The only way to ensure democracy functions correctly is to question its governance constantly. Fail to do so and you may awake to find yourself living in a police state.

For even in the pit of darkness, the beacon of humanity can always shine through.

There's nothing man can imagine that nature hasn't already created a zillion times better.

The bravest thing David Bowie ever did was to go on stage after Queen at Live Aid.

Fantasy is a reaction to the constraints of reality.

Writing is a series of verbal suggestions designed to provoke a psychological reaction and an aesthetic experience.

Every creative act, however small, enriches our species and the world around us. To find and nurture talent, is to be truly wealthy.

You need to make a decision - are you are an imitator or an innovator?

Success is the bridge between insanity and credibility.

Don’t listen to advice. Give yourself the freedom to make your own errors, it’s the only way you’ll learn.

People that are scared of the dark have great imaginations and are my kind of people. Those who see nothing in the darkness are boring.

People will come to test and divide us, but, as long as we keep compassion in our hearts for others, they won't win.

Selfishness is easy to find. Selflessness is a much rarer beast.

The greatest gift a parent can give a child is self-confidence.

Science Fiction is a safe, fertile arena in which to rehearse the potential scientific facts of tomorrow

A great story can change the world.

No one remembers how you got a chance, they only remember what you did with it.

All vampires are brothers in the brotherhood of night!

Writing is the spectrum through which the chaos of life can be seen, studied and understood.

It's okay to write a cliché in a first draft; it sets a marker that you can get far, far away from in the rewrites.

Perfection is an illusion. Yet perfectionists demand it from others while being far from flawless themselves. The margin of error of the human condition is often our greatest area of excellence and discovery.

Jealousy, that diseased crow pecking at your heart.

I'm Irish yet I don't drink as I refuse to be a stereotype and live down to the expectations of others.

The quickest way to run out of time is to think you have enough of it,

The possible is just the impossible that we've come to accept,