Dad is always hiding in his book.

Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.

All secrets become deep. All secrets become dark. That's in the nature of secrets.

Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader - not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon.

When in trouble or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout.

Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.

Never underestimate the determination of a kid who is time-rich and cash-poor.

I am often asked the question How can the masses permit themselves to be exploited by the few. The answer is By being persuaded to identify with them.

The three most important documents a free society gives are a birth certificate, a passport, and a library card.

Writers are not just people who sit down and write. They hazard themselves. Every time you compose a book your composition of yourself is at stake.

Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.

Be careful what you choose to experience, because you never remain the same person as earlier. Something intrinsically changes you forever!

Whoso sheddeth man's blood by a man shall his blood be shed.

I listened more than I studied... therefore little by little my knowledge and ability were developed.

Despite the best efforts of critics and the hopes of authors, our tastes in books are probably as inherent & unbudgeable as those in food.

I am what I am and that's all that I am and if I'm supposed to be somebody else, why do I look like me?

Preach the Gospel with your life — without compromise!

When we speak quietly one to another things somehow get settled.

As a well-known great man would have said if he had thought of it, "Don't go around offending people just because it can be done sitting down."

A Dark Age is not just a period in which people no longer know how to do things. The real key is that people no longer remember that certain things can be done at all.

Why did so many grown-ups want to be young, she wondered, when it took so long to grow old? It was like going on a million-mile road trip then wanting to turn around without getting out of the car.