I don't think there's a military solution. If we funnel in more weapons we're just likely to see more of them turned against us by the people we're trying to combat.

There is honey in this land sweeter than any I know of, and I have cut cane in places where the dirt itself tasted like sugar, so that's saying a heap.

I think parenting is very different now. We're totally governed by our children!

Beauty is only skin deep.

Education must, be not only a transmission of culture but also a provider of alternative views of the world and a strengthener of the will to explore them.

Whenever you hear a man prating about the Constitution, spot him as a traitor.

I don't want to think about how many people have thought or still think that I'm crazy.

I had on my team a girl who at age twelve just missed the world mile record for her age group. But at 20 she just couldn't run.

Of course, any job is scary, but you tackle the challenges head on and hope for the best.

What does literature do for me? I think I solve problems in my writing. They may be my problems, but perhaps others share them, and in the process of working these through, I hope to entertain.

Democracy is fatal for the arts; it leads only to chaos or the achievement of new and lower common denominators of quality.