A writer's brain is like a magician's hat. If you're going to get anything out of it, you have to put something in it first.

Books are the building blocks of civilization and a people without books are a people without history, a people with no story older than the tales of the oldest man or woman.

Love is a moment of stillness that sometimes a word can shatter to pieces. Or love can be a thing that endures, a rich, deep current flowing unending through the years.

A body shouldn't heed what might be. He's got to do with what is.

The more one learns, the more he understands his ignorance.

Often I hear people say they do not have time to read. That's absolute nonsense. If one really wants to learn, one has to decide what is important. Spending an evening on the town? Attending a ball game? Or learning something that can be with you your life long.

If you wait for inspiration, you're not a writer, but a waiter.