A clock is a little machine that shuts us out from the wonder of time.

Not having children makes less work-but it makes a quiet house.

To cease to love -- that is defeat.

The only man who knows just what he thinks at the present moment is the man who hasn't done any new thinking in the past ten years.

A clock is a little machine that shuts us out from the wonder of time.

In writing ... remember that the biggest stories are not written about wars, or about politics, or even murders. The biggest stories are written about the things which draw human beings closer together.

Chicago is many things to many people, and to me, it is a place where you can write.