We tire differently if we love or love not.

That would be the death of anyone - to recognize false hopes with a certainty. One mustn't know that. If it is offered, refuse!

If he acts, if he doesn't, it's meaningless. The whole thing goes forward. No one is important. No one at all.

A beginning idea for a book might be: a boy emerges from a hole in the ground. He enters a house. The book will take place in the first ten minutes following his arrival.

The old man began to sing. His voice was very lovely and obviously a part of something that the world had disposed of in its haste, evidence of a grander, kinder past.

I like small books. I like durable books. I like plain books. I like small type and thin pages.

I'm an elephant today. I will need to have lots of room and also a bowl of water on the floor.