The thing about imagination is that by the very act of putting it down, there must be some truth in one's own imagination.

Words themselves - the very material of our discourse increasingly take on masks or disguises

Children are very cruel, yes. Of course. Children are extraordinarily cruel little creatures.

That vision of a common culture is now simply a remote wistfulness.

I was given talent, and if you are given it, it is your obligation to use it.

Children can write poetry and then, unless they're poets, they stop when reach puberty.

A writer helps to show you things you knew but didn't know you knew.