I guess I remembered clearest of all the early mornings, when the lake was cool and motionless, remembered how the bedroom smelled of the lumber it was made of and of the wet woods whose scent entered through the screen.

It is quite possible that an animal has spoken to me and that I didn't catch the remark because I wasn't paying attention.

The whole duty of a writer is to please and satisfy himself, and the true writer always plays to an audience of one.

A writer who waits for ideal conditions under which to work will die without putting a word to paper.

The most puzzling thing about TV is the steady advance of the sponsor across the line that has always separated news from promotion, entertainment from merchandising. The advertiser has assumed the role of originator, and the performer has gradually been eased into the role of peddler.

The whole problem is to establish communication with ones self.

There is another sort of day which needs celebrating in song -- the day of days when spring at last holds up her face to be kissed, deliberate and unabashed. On that day no wind blows either in the hills or in the mind.