We all, sometimes, leave each other there under the skies, and we never understand why.

It’s better to look at the sky than live there

I don't mean I'd mind being rich and famous. That's very much on my schedule and someday I'll try to get around to it.

She had only one flaw. She was perfect, otherwise whe was perfect.

Everybody has to feel superior to somebody," she said. "But it's customary to present a little proof before you take the privilege.

Intelligence alone can't make a good writer and style alone can't make a good writer - that is, not a really important or significant writer - but the two things together make a really good writer.

Writing has laws of perspective, of light and shade just as painting does, or music. If you are born knowing them, fine. If not, learn them. Then rearrange the rules to suit yourself.