What I tell kids is don't get mad (about censorship) get even. Run, don't walk, to the first library you can find, and read what they're trying to keep out of your eyes. Read what they're trying to keep out of your brains. Because that's exactly what you need to know.

She can't help it,' he said. 'She's got the soul of a poet and the emotional makeup of a junkyard dog.

It didn´t occur to me until later that there´s another truth, very simple: greed in a good cause is still greed.

the only mortal sin is giving up.

The old sleep poorly. Perhaps they stand watch.

I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was 12 - Jesus, did you?

Write with the door closed, rewrite with the door open.