Come, let us have some tea and continue to talk about happy things.

Honest differences of opinion should never be permitted to destroy a friendship.

A book is sent out into the world, and there is no way of fully anticipating the responses it will elicit. Consider the responses called forth by the Bible, Homer, Shakespeare - let alone contemporary poetry or a modern novel.

Two hundred or more years ago most people on the planet were never aware of any reality other than the one into which they were brought up.

A non-fiction writer pretty much has the shape of the figure in front of him or her and goes about refining it. A work of non-fiction is not as difficult to write as a work of fiction, but it's not as satisfying in the end.

... an artist is a person first. He is an individual. If there is no person, there is no artist.

But today we become aware of other readings of the human experience very quickly because of the media and the speed with which people travel the planet.