It's difficult to write a really good short story because it must be a complete and finished reflection of life with only a few words to use as tools. There isn't time for bad writing in a short story.

Big doesn't necessarily mean better. Sunflowers aren't better than violets.

Books should be cherished, like children, books are for the next generation, like children, like history.

If men ever discovered how tough women actually are, they would be scared to death.

Christmas isn't a season. It's a feeling.

I suppose it is a gift, being young, but it isn't special. We've all got it, early in life.

But almost any place is Baghdad if you don't know what will happen in it.