Literature, fiction, poetry, whatever, makes justice in the world. That's why it almost always has to be on the side of the underdog.

To be modest means that you have something to be modest about.

The best training is to read and write, no matter what. Don't live with a lover or roommate who doesn't respect your work. Don't lie, buy time, borrow to buy time. Write what will stop your breath if you don't write.

Rosiness is not a worse windowpane than gloomy gray when viewing the world.

It's a terrible thing to die young. Still, it saves a lot of time.

I'm seventy-five now. I also have the peculiar luck of having a sister and brother who are fourteen and sixteen years older than me. Their health is not good. It couldn't be at that age. But their spirits are. Both my brother and my sister are an example to me.

Waves, once they land on the beach, are not reversible.