I believe that love cannot be bought except with love

In uncertainty I am certain that underneath their topmost layers of frailty men want to be good and want to be loved. Indeed, most of their vices are attempted shortcuts to love.

Men do change, and change comes like a little wind that ruffles the curtains at dawn, and it comes like the stealthy perfume of wildflowers hidden in the grass.

Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals.

The discipline of the written word punishes both stupidity and dishonesty.

The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is not true.