If we marvel at the artist who has written a great book, we must marvel more at those people whose lives are works of art and who don't even know it, who wouldn't believe it if they were told. However hard work good writing may be, it is easier than good living.

There are few things, apparently, more helpful to a writer than having once been a weird little kid.

Many people are angry when they make a mistake, but very few people have the sense to be sorry.

It is always sad to write about prejudice, but sometimes when we see it being played out in the lives of fictional characters, we can recognize it in our own lives.

Kids often ask me if characters are real or made up - and I always tell them, 'I hope they're real but I made them up.'

I was behaving, just like I promised, but fate intervened.

February is just plain malicious. It knows your defenses are down.