For a human being, nothing comes naturally,' said Grumman. 'We have to learn everything we do.

For a human being, nothing comes naturally,' said Grumman. 'We have to learn everything we do.

The best way to get kids to read a book is to say: 'This book is not appropriate for your age, and it has all sorts of horrible things in it like sex and death and some really big and complicated ideas, and you're better off not touching it until you're all grown up. I'm going to put it on this shelf and leave the room for a while. Don't open it.

Men pass in front of our eyes like butterflies, creatures of a brief season. We love them; they are brave, proud, beautiful, and clever.

I'm superstitious about the paper that I use, for example. I've written all my novels on a paper of a particular size with lines of a particular distance apart and with two holes in the paper for the folder clip.

Just sort of relax your mind and say yes, it does hurt, I know. Don't try and shut it out.

Read like a butterfly, write like a bee.