Only by examining our personal biases can we truly grow as artists; only by cultivating empathy can we truly grow as people.

When the writing is good, a book becomes a mirror. The reader will see an uncanny familiarity and respond accordingly.

An intelligent person can rationalize anything, a wise person doesn't try.

I knew how you liked long tales, " he said, giving her a wink. "There's sure to be plenty of those.""In Gaelic, " she said."All the better for learning it.

Evelyn stared into the empty ice cream carton and wondered where the smiling girl in the school pictures had gone.

Preach the word be instant in season out of season reprove rebuke exhort with all long suffering and doctrine.

Freedom works.

Number one is that it just scares people! Your hair is standing up on your arms, or at least that there's a few moments when you're jumping. That's what makes it a good horror movie.

Baseball and cricket are beautiful and highly stylized medieval war substitutes, chess made flesh, a mixture of proud chivalry and base-in both senses-greed.

To romp along the connected rooftops and fire escapes of Chicagos second city of garages was my young lifes passion.

In Italy there are two emergencies. This is what I hear, and this is what all the stats say. Employment and security.

Anyone who thinks humans are not capable of so fouling their own nest that the land and the waters can no longer be productive just hasn't been paying attention.

Writing in journalism teaches you to be very comfortable taking criticism, being edited, and rewriting.