But I fear, my lot being cast in Scotland, that beauty would not be content.

Consider what a romantic expedition you are on; take notes.

Consider what a romantic expedition you are on take notes.

Apply analysis when appropriate, but keep it on a short leash when joy beckons.

Vision is a mental picture of what could be, fueled by a passion that it should be.

If you are working in an office, where do you find the time to write a novel? But you can finish a short story in five pages. Furthermore, a short story is a perfect place to learn the craft

Always do things the least interesting way, the most blunt way, and you make a better movie. This is my experience.

Life, lift the full goblet--away with all sorrow-- The circle of friendship what freedom would sever? To-day is our own, and a fig for to-morrow-- Here's to the Fourth and our country forever.

I stole a Bible, is that a sin?

It was important to me to put together a future history that would scan, and serve as the backdrop to the domestic story. Economics is really what drives the plot.

I don't know if I'm truly at home in any language.

When we travel with a sense of mission, we attract events, people and opportunities toward us.

Politics is for people who have a passion for changing life but lack a passion for living it.