Sculptors, poets, painters, musicians-they're the traditional purveyors of Beauty. But it can as easily be created by a gardener, a farmer, a plumber, a careworker.

In the dark attics of our minds, all times mingle.

As the new work fills my notebooks, I've come to realize that the characters in my stories were so real because I really did want to get close to people, I really did want to know them. It was just easier to do it on paper, one step removed.

There are people who take the heart out of you, and there are people who put it back.

The problem with children is that you have to put up with their parents.

It's not something you can prove....I know you hate to hear this, but you either have it, or you don't.

"... he had understood, better than anyone ... the beauty that grew out of the simple knowledge that everything, no matter how small or large it might be, was a perfect example of what it was."