The saddle is a place for dreaming when there's hours of trail ahead.

A parent or a teacher has only his lifetime; a good book can teach forever.

No matter how much I admire our schools, I know that no university exists that can provide an education; what a university can provide is an outline, to give the learner a direction and guidance. The rest one has to do for oneself.

Hate would destroy him who hated.

There will come a time when you believe everything is finished. That will be the beginning.

I do not believe writers should read reviews of their own books, and I do not. If one is not careful one is soon writing to please reviewers and not their audience or themselves.

You have to turn the faucet on before the water starts to flow.