I'm sure if one turned one's mind back from grandiose faults to what is happening to the average man or woman or child in the rural areas, we will probably find that's where the energy for development is.

When I began going to school and learned to read, I encountered stories of other people and other lands. In one of my essays, I remember the kind of things that fascinated me. Weird things, even, about a wizard who lived in Africa and went to China to find a lamp... Fascinating to me because they were about things remote, and almost ethereal.

When there is a big tree small ones climb on its back to reach the sun.

I think once you have done all you can to a manuscript, let it find its way in the world.

I prefer to go on trying all kinds of things, not to be told, This is the way it is done.

If you don't like someone's story, write your own. If you don't like what somebody says, say what it is you don't like.

Oh, the most important thing about myself is that my life has been full of changes. Therefore, when I observe the world, I don't expect to see it just like I was seeing the fellow who lives in the next room.