it is the sum of small things successfully done that lifts a life out of bondage to the humdrum.

The only difference between a problem and a solution is that people understand the solution.

Fiction supplies the only philosophy that may readers know; it establishes their ethical, social, and material standards; it confirms them in their prejudices or opens their minds to a wider world.

Most writers flourish greatly on a simple, healthy routine with occasional time off for gaiety.

Writing calls on unused muscles and involves solitude and immobility.

Old habits are strong and jealous.

Proverbs are for the most part rules of moral, or, still more properly, of prudential conduct.