But it doesn't take a thousand men to open a door, my lord."

"It might to keep it open.

If one believes that words are acts, as I do, then one must hold writers responsible for what their words do.

In our loss and fear we craved the acts of religion, the ceremonies that allow us to admit our helplessness, our dependence on the great forces we do not understand.

What good is power when you're too wise to use it?

The quality of the will to power is, precisely, growth. Achievement is its cancellation. To be, the will to power must increase with each fulfillment, making the fulfillment only a step to a further one. The vaster the power gained, the vaster the appetite for more.

I don't write tracts, I write novels. I'm not a preacher, I'm a fiction writer.