Things that appear on the front page of the newspaper as 'fact' are far more dangerous than the games played by a novelist, and can lead to wars.

Planning to write is not writing. Outlining, researching, talking to people about what you're doing - none of that is writing. Writing is writing. Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.

Children have a lot more to worry about from the parents who raised them than from the books they read.

And so the ordinary unendurable torments we all experienced were indeed exceptional in the way they were absorbed in each heart.

The act of composition is a series of discoveries.

Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.

The three most important documents a free society gives are a birth certificate, a passport, and a library card.