A writer's style reveals something of his spirit, his habits, his capacites, his bias...it is the Self escaping into the open.

Half a man's life is devoted to what he calls improvements, yet the original had some quality which is lost in the process.

This is what youth must figure out: Girls, love, and living. The having, the not having, The spending and giving, And the meloncholy time of not knowing. This is what age must learn about: The ABC of dying. The going, yet not going, The loving and leaving, And the unbearable knowing and knowing

A writer should tend to lift people up, not lower them down.

In middle life, the human back is spoiling for a technical knockout and will use the flimsiest excuse, even a sneeze, to fall apart.

All writing is communication; creative writing is communication through revelation-it is the Self-escaping into the open.

Children almost always hang onto things tighter than their parents think they will.