Sometimes, walking with a friend, I forget the world.

I was a fantastic student until ten, and then my mind began to wander.

Let us go forth with fear and courage and rage to save the world.

There is a long time in me between knowing and telling.

Write from what you know into what you don't know.

Every time you finish something ... you figure you've finally learned to write, right? Then you start something else and it turns out you haven't. You have learned how to write that story, or that book, but you haven't learned how to write the next one.

Old age is not a good thing. It can be really hard, and those of us who have it a little easier should keep in mind that there are hundreds of thousands of people who are not as well off.