That is why they have poets—to classify all the degrees of love. It is for scientists to classify the maladies arising from the want of it.

Do you not think, Mrs. Givings, that snow is always kind? Because it has to fall slowly, to meet the ground slowly, or the eyelash slowly— And things that meet each other slowly are kind.

I’m giving pleasure to you. Don’t interfere.

Art is the whisper of history, heard above the noise of time. Art does not exist for art's sake: it exists for people's sake.

Then Mr. Underwood's meaning became clear: Atticus had used every tool available to free men to save Tom Robinson, but in the secret courts of men's hearts Atticus had no case.

It's easier to take than to give. It's nobler to give than to take. The thrill of taking lasts a day. The thrill of giving lasts a lifetime.

If given a really great chance, I'm going to put it away every single time.

I never wanted to be "a writer"; I only ever aspired to be an science fiction writer. They'll tear that badge out of my cold dead hands.

Exercise is the single best thing you can do for your brain in terms of mood, memory, and learning.

There is great freedom in simplicity of living.

Success is a label that the world confers on you, but mastery is an ever-onward 'almost.'

I feel that by writing I am doing what is far more necessary than anything else.