How many have to die before we will give up these dangerous toys?

Time continued to pass - the oldest trick in the world, and maybe the only one that really is magic.

When you sit down to write, write. Don't do anything else except go to the bathroom, and only do that if it absolutely cannot be put off.

Reading takes time, and the glass teat takes too much of it.

It's how we see the world that keeps the darkness beyond at bay. Keeps it from pouring through and devouring us. I think all of us might know that, way down deep.

Sometimes the only thing to do is to take the thing that you must have. Even if someone gets hurt.

If you can remember all the accessories that go with your best outfit, the contents of your purse, the starting lineup of the New York Yankees or the Houston Oilers, or what label "Hang On Sloopy" by The McCoys was on, you are capable of remembering the differences between a gerund (verb form used as a noun) and a participle (verb form used as an adjective).