The lives of people are like young trees in a forest. They are being choked by climbing vines. The vines are old thoughts and beliefs planted by dead men.

I have seldom written a story, long or short, that I did not have to write and rewrite. There are single stories of mine that have taken me ten or twelve years to get written.

Dare to be strong and courageous. That is the road. Venture anything.

I think the whole glory of writing lies in the fact that it forces us out of ourselves and into the lives of others.

Everyone in the world is Christ and they are all crucified.

It was a cold day but the sun was out and the trees were like great bonfires against gray distant fields and hills.

I know about her, although she has never crossed my path," he said softly. "I know about her struggles and her defeats. It is because of her defeats that she is to me the lovely one. Out of her defeats she has been born a new quality in woman. I have a name for it. I call it Tandy. I made up the name when I was a true dreamer and before my body became vile. It is the quality of being strong to be loved. It is something men need from women and that they do not get.