Real success is finding your life work in the work that you love. That's it. Don't worry about making a living, don't worry about popularity or fame. Make what you do ... count more than what you own.

The most interesting people are never perfect.

I work very hard on the writing, writing and rewriting and trying to weed out the lumber.

I had been writing for about twelve years. I knew pretty well how you could find things out, but I had never been trained in an academic way how to go about the research.

It was a day and age that saw no reason why one could not learn whatever was required - learn vitally anything - by the close study of books.

It was an utterly phenomenal achievement.

I love to go to the places where things happen. I like to walk the walk and see how the light falls and what winter feels like.