Strength diminishes when it seems we are spending it in vain.

They made small effort to cover their raw souls with the mantle of commonplace words.

I am glad I worked on a newspaper because it made me know I had to write whether I felt like it or not.

Hurts of childhood live on; in one form or other they are there to the end.

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

What we seek we do not find - that would be too trim and tidy for so reckless and opulent a thing as life. It is something else we find.

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