I hereby grant you permission to write crap. The more the better. Remember, crap makes the best fertilizer.

Never let reality get in the way of truth

Don't be afraid to write crap - it makes the best fertilizer. The more you write the better your chances of growing something wonderful.

YOU CAN'T TELL UNLESS YOU SHOW FIRST. ... Showing makes the telling more powerful because your senses and your mind are both engaged.

What is the character trying to say? Why? Be as specific as you can, using sense images that evoke something about the character. Try using the character's senses, even if the character is you.

Songs are your best teachers. I try to learn something from every song I hear

The only way to live is to accept each minute as an unrepeatable miracle which is exactly what it is: a miracle and unrepeatable.

I have had a lot of crushes but have never had the courage to go up to a girl and say what I feel. I am scared of rejection.

The leaves and the light are one.

There are orphans who can be cared for; but this some will not venture to undertake; for it brings them more work than they care to do, leaving them but little time for their own pleasure.

No straight lines make up my life; And all my roads have bends; There's no clear-cut beginnings; And so far no dead-ends.

There is no pressure at the top. The pressure is being second or third.

Bore : A fellow who can change the subject back to his topic of conversation faster than you can change it back to yours.

The computer is the most extraordinary of man's technological clothing; it's an extension of our central nervous system. Beside it, the wheel is a mere hula-hoop.

The issue of imitation has always occupied fly fishers, and part of its endless attraction has been the imponderable uncertainty of how much it matters to the fish in the first place.

Fortunately the sky is beautiful everywhere.