The economy of a novelist is a little like that of a careful housewife who is unwilling to throw away anything that might perhaps serve its turn.

There is always one moment in childhood when the door opens and lets the future in.

My two fingers on a typewriter have never connected with my brain. My hand on a pen does. A fountain pen, of course. Ball-point pens are only good for filling out forms on a plane.

Hate is a lack of imagination.

Our worst enemies here are not the ignorant and simple, however cruel; our worst enemies are the intelligent and corrupt

Innocence always calls mutely for protection when we would be so much wiser to guard ourselves against it: innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.

Innocence is like a dumb leper who has lost his bell, wandering the world, meaning no harm.

A story has no beginning or end: arbitrarily one chooses that moment of experience from which to look back or from which to look ahead.

A single feat of daring can alter the whole conception of what is possible.

Sweet are the thoughts that savor of content: the quiet mind is richer than a crown.

People who like quotes love meaningless generalizations

At the end of the night awaits the white morning: showered in sunlight.

You have two options to choose from as an aspiring achiever

Much of my good fortune was a matter of nothing more clever on my part than luck.

My mom taught me to live by the three p's: to always be passionate, persistent, and prepared.

I love those who do not know how to live, except by going under, for they are those who cross over.

100% renewable energy is 100% possible and can happen sooner than we think.

I think people are tired of being slammed with foul language and sexual content that really has nothing to do with (telling a good story).

With the parties at virtual parity and the ideological gulf between them never greater, the stakes of majority control of Congress are extremely high.

Appetite, a universal wolf.

Sometimes adversity is what you need to face in order to become successful.