When a writer tries to explain too much, he's out of time before he begins.

The storyteller and poet of our time, as in any other time, must be an entertainer of the spirit in the full sense of the word, not just a preacher of social or political ideals. There is no paradise for bored readers and no excuse for tedious literature that does not intrigue the reader, uplift him, give him the joy and the escape that true art always grants.

When I was a little boy, they called me a liar, but now that I am grown up, they call me a writer.

Children have no use for psychology. They detest sociology. They still believe in God, the family, angels, devils, witches, goblins, logic, clarity, punctuation, and other such obsolete stuff. When a book is boring, they yawn openly. They don't expect their writer to redeem humanity, but leave to adults such childish allusions.

When the time comes I will go joyfully. Whatever may be there, it will be real, without complication, without ridicule, without deception.

When a human being kills an animal for food, he is neglecting his own hunger for justice.

Children read books, not reviews. They don't give a hoot about critics.