I did not become a vegetarian for my health, I did it for the health of the chickens.

What happened was no accident. Everything was preordained. True, the will was free, but heaven also made its ordinances.

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

I am thankful, of course, for the prize and thankful to God for each story, each idea, each word, each day.

Every creator painfully experiences the chasm between his inner vision and its ultimate expression.

What a strange power there is in clothing.

Kindness, I've discovered, is everything in life.