...Summer nights held a special kind of loneliness that gave rise to strange imaginings. One walked the beach alone and thought too much.

It doesn't bother me. Sure, everybody wants approval, but I came from the theatre and I've always treasured a remark from there which goes: 'For every six people who love you, there will be half a dozen who loathe you.' The quality of an author's work is not usually determined until after his death. Even Dickens got some pretty bad reviews.

The most precious jewels are not made of stone, but of flesh.

I try as best I can to enter the realm of nuances of human behavior.

Hope is the only thing stronger than fear. A little hope is effective. A lot of hope is dangerous. A spark is just fine as long as its contained.

I have always preferred conflict of individuals over the battle of extreme ideologies.

...Summer nights held a special kind of loneliness that gave rise to strange imaginings. One walked the beach alone and thought too much.