Kerosene," he said, because the silence had lengthened, "is nothing but perfume to me.

When I graduated from high school, it was during the Depression and we had no money.

I’m ALIVE. Thinking about it, noticing it, is new. You do things and don’t watch. Then all of a sudden you look and see what you’re doing and it’s the first time, really.

Suddenly the day was gone, night came out from under each tree and spread.

I'm interested in having fun with ideas, throwing them up in the air like confetti and then running under them.

Men throw huge shadows on the lawn, don't they? Then, all their lives, they try to run to fit the shadows. But the shadows are always longer.

First, find out what your hero wants, then just follow him.