The death of a library, any library, suggests that the community has lost its soul.

It goes against the American storytelling grain to have someone in a situation he can't get out of, but I think this is very usual in life.

When I used to teach creative writing, I would tell the students to make their characters want something right away.

Sometimes I think it is a great mistake to have matter that can think and feel. It complains so.

He was a graduate of West Point, which is military academy that turns young men into homicidal maniacs for use in war.

That’s the attractive thing about war,” said Rosewater. “Absolutely everybody gets a little something.

All people are insane. They will do anything at any time, and God help anybody who looks for reasons.