And, of course, people are interested only in themselves. If a story is not about the hearer he will not listen.

Texas is not a state - it's a state of mind.

The quality of owning freezes you forever in "I," and cuts you off forever from the "we.

If there is a magic in story writing, and I am convinced there is, no one has ever been able to reduce it to a recipe that can be passed from one person to another.

Intention, good or bad, is not enough.

In nature two things do not occur-the wheel and good taste.

And this I believe: that the free, exploring mind of the individual human is the most valuable thing in the world. And this I would fight for: the freedom of the mind to take any direction it wishes, undirected. And this I must fight against: any idea, religion, or government which limits or destroys the individual. This is what I am and what I am about.