Nonsense wakes up the brain cells. And it helps develop a sense of humor, which is awfully important in this day and age.

You can steer yourself in any direction you choose.

Why are they sad and glad and bad? I do not know, go ask your dad.

A kid is a guy I never wrote down to. He's interested in what I say if I make it interesting.

I'm afraid that sometimes you'll play lonely games too. Games you can't win 'cause you'll play against you.

Shorth is better than length.

Writing simply means no dependent clauses, no dangling things, no flashbacks, and keeping the subject near the predicate. We throw in as many fresh words we can get away with. Simple, short sentences don't always work. You have to do tricks with pacing, alternate long sentences with short, to keep it vital and alive.... Virtually every page is a cliffhanger--you've got to force them to turn it."~