All literary men are Red Sox fans - to be a Yankee fan in a literate society is to endanger your life.

The secret of keeping young is to read children's books. You read the books they write for little children and you'll keep young. You read novels, philosophy, stuff like that and it makes you feel old.

Art is the triumph over chaos.

Fear tastes like a rusty knife and do not let her into your house. Courage tastes of blood. Stand up straight. Admire the world. Relish the love of a gentle woman.

The irony of Christmas is always upon the poor in heart; the mystery of the solstice is always upon the rest of us.

Homesickness is nothing. Fifty percent of the people in the world are homesick all the time.

The need to write comes from the need to make sense of one's life and discover one's usefulness.