There is a moral obligation, I think, not to ally oneself with power against the powerless.

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

Children are young, but they're not naive. And they're honest. They're not going to keep wide awake if the story is boring. When they get excited you can see it in their eyes.

A disease that has never been seen before cannot be cured with every-day herbs.

I think back to the old people I knew when I was growing up, and they always seemed larger than life.

No man however great is greater than his people

When I'm writing, I really want to satisfy myself. I've got a story that I am working on and struggling with, and I want to tell it the most effective way I can. That's really what I struggle with. And the thought of who may be reading it may be there somewhere in the back of my mind - I'll never say it's not there because I don't know - but it's not really what I'm thinking about.