Neither were you [born yesterday], unless of course I am wrong, in which case welcome to the world, little baby, and congratulations on learning to read so early in life.

I was too jitterbuggy happy to sleep, and the whole day kept playing in my brain's little screening room.

Occasionally there are parents who say, "I brought my child so he or she could learn what the career of a writer is like, and you did this long theatrical performance instead, and I'm very disappointed."

For Beatrice - you will always be in my mind, in my heart and in your grave.

Once more, this is love: it rings and you open up unless it looks like an ax murderer.

You might be afraid of the dark, but the dark is not afraid of you. That’s why the dark is always close by.

One of the most difficult things to think about in life is one’s regrets. Something will happen to you, and you will do the wrong thing, and for years afterward you will wish you had done something different.