Books are islands in the ocean of time. They are also oases in the deserts of time.

This is the gift all writers seek-to write language that incandesces yet does not melt.

Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow.

The good writer, the great writer, has what I have called the three S's: the power to see, to sense, and to say. That is, he is perceptive, he is feeling, and he has the power to express in language what he observes and reacts to.

We are the children of a technological age. We have found streamlined ways of doing much of our routine work. Printing is no longer the only way of reproducing books. Reading them, however, has not changed.

We all think were going to be great and we feel a little bit robbed when our expectation aren't met, but sometimes our expectations sell us short. Sometimes the expected simply pales in comparison to the Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow.

Books are islands in the ocean of time. They are also oases in the deserts of time.