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" A lot of my work comes from what in Asia is called the 'mind of wonder.' There is not a lot of 'mind of wonder' writing in contemporary Western literature. I think that's what appeals to the readers who are my fans. "

" I have always been a romantic, one of those people who believes that a woman in pink circus tights contains all the secrets of the universe. "

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" Religion is not merely the opium of the masses, it's the cyanide. "

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" If it is committed in the name of God or country, there is no crime so heinous that the public will not forgive it. "

" The trickster's function is to break taboos, create mischief, stir things up. In the end, the trickster gives people what they really want, some sort of freedom. "

" I would only read the novels that people classify as 'beach books' if I were being held prisoner and the only alternative was the 'Book of Mormon.' "

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" If the novelist isn't surprised by where his book ends up, he or she probably hasn't written anything worth remembering. "

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" People write memoirs because they lack the imagination to make things up. "

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" Love is the ultimate outlaw. It just won't adhere to any rules. The most any of us can do is sign on as its accomplice. "

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" We're our own dragons as well as our own heroes, and we have to rescue ourselves from ourselves. "