Age is not different from earlier life as long as you're sitting down

Be kind and considerate with your criticism... It's just as hard to write a bad book as it is to write a good book.

The germ of a story is a new and simple element introduced into an existing situation or mood.

Put cotton in your ears and pebbles in your shoes. Pull on rubber gloves. Smear Vaseline over your glasses, and there you have it: instant old age.

They tell you that you'll lose your mind when you grow older. What they don't tell you is that you won't miss it very much.

Writing offers fairly large rewards to a few successful people, but the rewards come late, and most writers are failures.

It is the fear of being as dependent as a young child, while not being loved as a child is loved, but merely being kept alive against one's will.