She was beautiful, but she was beautiful in the way a forest fire was beautiful.

Libraries really are the gates to the future.

Great, big, serious novels always get awards. If it's a battle between a great, big, serious novel and a funny novel, the funny novel is doomed.

The short story is still like the novel's wayward younger brother, we know that it's not respectable - but I think that can also add to the glory of it.

There's nothing for getting you good fast like having to be good fast, if that makes any sense.

Take what you have learned, and move on.

I hope you'll make mistakes. If you're making mistakes, it means you're out there doing something.