There is no miraculous change that takes place in a boy that makes him a man. He becomes a man by being a man.

Adventure is just a romantic name for trouble. It sounds swell when you write about it, but it's hell when you meet it face to face in a dark and lonely place.

The only power source a book needs is you. If you have to leave for a few minutes you have not lost the story. It is waiting for you when you return. You can pick up a book and resume reading at any time, after a few minutes, a few days, even a few years. A television picture or a movie might be lost forever, but your book is waiting.

There is no miraculous change that takes place in a boy that makes him a man. He becomes a man by being a man.

If you're going to be a writer, the first essential is just to write. Do not wait for an idea. Start writing something and the ideas will come. You have to turn the faucet on before the water starts to flow.

What is education but a conditioning of the mind to a society and a way of life.

If you want to be creative, go where your questions lead you.