The fact, and the intuition or logic about the fact, are severe coordinates in fiction. In the short story they must cross with hair-line precision.

But childhood prolonged, cannot remain a fairyland. It becomes a hell.

Innocence of heart and violence of feeling are necessary in any kind of superior achievement: The arts cannot exist without them.

I have lost faith in universal panaceas - work is the one thing in which I really believe.

The Initial Mystery that attends any journey is: how did the traveler reach his starting point in the first place?

Stupidity always accompanies evil. Or evil, stupidity.

The fact, and the intuition or logic about the fact, are severe coordinates in fiction. In the short story they must cross with hair-line precision.