I never fixed a story. I didn't make judgments, I let the listener make judgments. When I got to the end of the story, if it had a moral, I let the listener find it.

I took up a sort of a hobby of just hanging around the local library. I'd pick out an author and I would read all their books.

It is so important for me to try, and having tried I look back on failure and success as if it were all the same.

When you retire, it's a place in life, a part of the journey. You just don't quit work; you develop an attitude where you can do what you please

I never fixed a story. I didn't make judgments, I let the listener make judgments. When I got to the end of the story, if it had a moral, I let the listener find it.

Old dogs care about you, even when you make mistakes.

Sinclair Lewis was asked one time to give a talk to class of students about writing. When he got there he asked the class, Do you people want to be writers?and they all said yes. Then Lewis said, Why the hell aren't you at home writing?