The wife whose sweetly given reply in the face of any problem would be, "Whatever you think is best, dear." Women, take note: a wife like that never needs to fear bubbling away the last of her life through a cut throat.

I've killed enough of the world's trees.

Go now. Our journey is done. And may we meet again, in the clearing, at the end of the path.

Want to know the best thing about teaching? Seeing that moment when a kid discovers his or her gift. There's no feeling on earth like it.

I believe that the combination of pencil and memory creates a kind of practical magic, and magic is dangerous.

My father had taught me - mostly by example - that if a man wanted to be in charge of his life, he had to be in charge of his problems.

This is how a man looks when he's deciding that the risk of death is better than the risk of change.