The two prime movers in the Universe are Time and Luck.

The reason we write fiction is because it's so much easier to exist spending part of each day in an imaginary world.

Nobody will stop you from creating. Do it tonight. Do it tomorrow. That is the way to make your soul grow.

Be soft. Do not let the world make you hard. Do not let the pain make you hate. Do not let the bitterness steal your sweetness. Take pride that even though the rest of the world may disagree, you still believe it to be a beautiful place.

I've written about Powers Hapgood. He was a Harvard graduate, son of a wealthy family who owned a cannery out there. After leaving Harvard, he went to work in coal mines and then was a CIO executive when I met him there, in Indianapolis.

What's the point of being alive," she said, "if you're not going to communicate?

The most heartbreakingly beautiful girl I ever hope to see