I will have to rely on that painful teacher, experience.

Character is everything, especially these days when that's what publishers are asking for. Make sure that yours have child appeal. Also don't have a huge cast of characters. One or two is best, four, the maximum.

Our actions make the fragrance of our lives...Would you smell of plums? Or Vinegar?

There should be fireworks at last, when a dream dies.

Why did I keep hitching myself to dreams as big as that Montana sky? I was like Rooster Jim's chickens, with no way to fly that high.

The truth can both lift up and knock down.

The worst thing of all is standing by when folks are doing something wrong.