A child seldom needs a good talking to as a good listening to.

Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, said Browning, and so it has - extended by the length of an artist's brush.

Are you an artist? Look about you. Is there a physical tool whose use you have mastered, a part of your body that responds utterly to your control? Is your motive esthetic? If so, you are an artist. If not, you are probably a writer.

The most valuable lesson man has learned from his dog is to kick a few blades of grass over it and move on.

I cultivate my garden, and my garden cultivates me.

It's curious the way we get nostalgic for some hoped-for thing that never happened, as if something that never happened were in the past.

Sometimes I think my life would make a great TV movie. It even has the part where they say, "Stand by. We are experiencing temporary difficulties.