Often, the human animal dresses terror in rage, and expresses both in a way unlike either.

It ain't how long you know somebody that means anything. It's what that person mean to you in your heart.

We remember with our emotions. The things that were important in our emotional life, that's what we remember.

When I read students’ attempts at creative writing it is obvious immediately that most of them have not read much or widely. The aspiring writer must read everything he or she can to appreciate the myriad ways words are used and to what effect.

Books, and especially fiction, do not proceed from ideas. They are born from feelings

Dying ain't important. Everyone does that. What's important is how well you do your living.

Goodness was not a trait you acquired; it was a value you practiced when you were on the verge of doing evil.