I don't write a quick draft and then revise; instead, I work slowly page by page, revising and polishing.

Lots of people are unable to see all kinds of truths right in front of their eyes." "The world is what we make it, and our future is ours to shape.

When life hands us a beutiful bouquet of flowers we stare at it in cautious expectation of a bee.

One of the greatest sorrows of human existence is that some people aren't happy merely to be alive but find their happiness only in the misery of others.

We are not strangers to ourselves, we only try to be.

I've got a long list of books I wish I'd never written-and I've kept them all out of print for the past 20 years.

I'll sit in the park and feed the pigeons for a while.' We don't have pigeons.' Then I'll feed the pterodactyls.