Puzzles are like songs - A good puzzle can give you all the pleasure of being duped that a mystery story can. It has surface innocence, surprise, the revelation of a concealed meaning, and the catharsis of solution.

I'm sure many writers have these strange, tiny little habits.

You may know what you need, but to get what you want, better see that you keep what you have.

If the end is right, it justifies the beans!

So many good songs get written fast, because you know exactly what has to work.

Sometimes people leave you halfway through the wood. Others may decieve you - you decide what's good. You decide alone, but no one is alone. People make mistakes. Fathers, mothers, people make mistakes, holding to their own, thinking they're alone. Honor their mistakes. Fight for their mistakes. Witches can be right. Giants can be good. You decide what's right. You decide what's good.

They wanted me to be a concert pianist, because I had a very good right hand, but my left hand's terrible and I hated performing.