Language does not always have to wear a tie and lace-up shoes.

Do any men grow up or do they only come of age?

The book is not the important part. The book is the delivery system. The important part is the story and the talent.

He was one of those quite rare adults who communicate with small children fairly well and who love them all impartially--not in a sugary way but in a businesslike fashion that may sometimes entail a hug, in the same way that closing a big business deal may call for a handshake.

The definition of an asshole is someone who doesn't believe what he is seeing.

I have no opinion. No, none at all. Opinion is politics, and politics is an evil which has caused many a fellow to be hung while he's still young and pretty.

Writing is magic, as much the water of life as any other creative art. The water is free. So drink. Drink and be filled up.