Artists of all disciplines must be willing to go into the dark, let go control, be surprised.

If our language is watered down, then mankind becomes less human, and less free.

What is self-image? Who started talking about one? I rather fancy it was Madison Avenue.

If I have something I want to say that is too difficult for adults to swallow, then I will write it in a book for children.

I know writers who write only when inspiration comes. How would Isaac Stern play if he played the violin only when he felt like it? He would be lousy.

Stories make us more alive, more human, more courageous, more loving.

You mean you're comparing our lives to a sonnet? A strict form, but freedom within it? Yes. Mrs. Whatsit said. You're given the form, but you have to write the sonnet yourself. What you say is completely up to you.