If a child washed his hands, he could eat with kings.
I don't care about age very much.
A budding writer wants to be encouraged.
You don't ever want to say to a young person, You can't, or, You are no good. Some people might be able to do it, but I don't think I am a policeman for literature. So I tell them, Sweat it out, do your best.
When an old man dies, a library burns to the ground.
Age was respected among his people, but achievement was revered. As the elders said, if a child washed his hands he could eat with kings.