There were times in school when a person had to do things fast, cheap, and without character.

There were times in school when a person had to do things fast, cheap, and without character.

True simplicity is elegant.

Finish. The difference between being a writer and being a person of talent is the discipline it takes to apply the seat of your pants to the seat of your chair and finish. Don't talk about doing it. Do it. Finish.

Can you know excellence if you've never seen it? Can you know good if you have seen only bad?

They are saying that if life has a structure, a staff, a sensible scaffold, we hang our nonsense on it. And they are saying that broken parts add color and music to the staff of life.

I am convinced that not only do children need children's books to fine-tune their brains, but our civilization needs them if we are not going to unplug ourselves from our collective past.