The failure of modern living is the failure of the imagination...Literature is the royal road that enables us to enter the realm of the imagination.

Silence was not the absence of sound but was itself a sound that could be loud or soft, soothing or disturbing, complex or simple.

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.

I write because the lives of all of us are stories. If enough of those stories are told, then perhaps we will begin to see that our lives are the same story. The differences are merely in the details.

A good teacher is one who helps you become who you feel yourself to be. A good teacher is also one who says something that you won't understand until 10 years later.

The failure of modern living is the failure of the imagination...Literature is the royal road that enables us to enter the realm of the imagination.

I'm tired of thinking and I'm really tired of Feeling. —Jenna Richards