The trash and litter of nature disappears into the ground with the passing of each year, but man's litter has more permanence.

Only mediocrity escapes criticism.

A creative person has to be alive. He can't borrow from things he's done in the past. He can't let his method choose his subjects or his characters. They can't be warped to fit his style.

When Kino had finished, Juana came back to the fire and ate her breakfast. They had spoken once, but there is not need for speech if it is only a habit anyway. Kino sighed with satisfaction - and that was conversation.

My wants are simple. I have no desire to latch onto a monster symbol of fate and power and prove my manhood in titanic piscine war. But sometimes I do like a couple of cooperative fish of frying size.

It sometimes happens that what you feel is not returned for one reason or another-but that does not make your feeling less valuable and good.

'He's got a can up there,' Richard said.