No man is born into the world whose work is not born with him.

The brooding is better than the joy because even if the heart fills with happiness, it still mourns.

When I have trouble writing, I step outside my studio into the garden and pull weeds until my mind clears--I find weeding to be the best therapy there is for writer's block.

You cannot be firmly certain about anything. You can only have enough courage and strength to do what you consider to be right. Maybe it turns out that was wrong, but still you would have done his, and it is most important.

Reading is a stouthearted activity, disporting courage, keenness, stick-to-it-ness.

Art is amoral; so is life. For me there are no obscene pictures or books; there are only poorly conceived and poorly executed ones.

The best romance is inside marriage; the finest love stories come after the wedding, not before.