Much of life becomes background, but it is the province of art to throw buckets of light into the shadows and make life new again.
Diane AckermanI consider fiction a very high-class form of lying. I enjoy and admire it enormously, but I don't think I'm very good at it.
Diane AckermanMystery causes a mental itch, which the brain tries to soothe with the balm of reasonable talk.
Diane AckermanI'm an Earth ecstatic, and my creed is simple: All life is sacred, life loves life, and we are capable of improving our behavior toward one another. As basic as that is, for me it's also tonic and deeply spiritual, glorifying the smallest life-form and embracing the most distant stars.
Diane Ackerman