Das Werk lobt den Meister. (German: The work proves the craftsman.)

Reading is a creative activity. You have to visualize the characters, you have to hear what the voices sound like.

If we are to be aware of life while we are living it, we must have the courage to relinquish our hard-earned control of ourselves.

When we can play with the unself-conscious concentration of a child, this is: art: prayer: love.

That's the way things come clear. All of a sudden. And then you realize how obvious they've been all along.

I do not know everything; still many things I understand.

A book comes and says, 'Write me.