The first stories I wrote when I was 12 were about Mars and landing on Mars.

Creativity is a continual surprise.

Bees do have a smell, you know, and if they don't they should, for their feet are dusted with spices from a million flowers.

The one sure way I can dishonor myself is by worrying about my reputation.

If someone sends you a love letter you've got to answer back.

We are the miracle of force and matter making itself over into imagination and will. Incredible. The Life Force experimenting with forms. You for one. Me for another. The Universe has shouted itself alive. We are one of the shouts.

Remember, with writing, what you’re looking for is just one person to come up and tell you, 'I love you for what you do.'