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

Life was such a wheel that no man could stand upon it for long. And it always, at the end, came round to the same place again.

I'm seen as somebody who writes for adults because I'm an older man myself. Some of them find me, and a lot of them don't.

I am the literary equivalent of a Big Mac and fries.

Panic is highly contagious, especially in situations when nothing is known and everything is in flux.

Remember, Hope is a good thing, maybe the best of things, and no good thing ever dies.

The first is that good writing consists of mastering the fundamentals (vocabulary, grammar, the elements of style) and then filling the third level of your toolbox with the right instruments. The second is that while it is impossible to make a competent writer out of a bad writer, and while is equally impossible to make a great writer out of a good one, it is possible, with lots of hard work, dedication, and timely help, to make a good writer out of a merely competent one