Emma McChesney was engaged in that nerve-wracking process known as getting things out of the way. When Emma McChesney aimed to get things out of the way she did not use a shovel; she used a road-drag.

A whole roomful of Jews is like a charged battery. The vitality sparks seem to fly, and frequently the result is a short circuit.

It's terrible to realize that you don't learn how to live until you're ready to die; and, then it's too late.

A story must simmer in its own juice for months or even years before it's ready to serve.

A closed mind is a dying mind.

Writing, to be memorable, must be done in a state of impassioned serenity.

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