Whenever you go on a trip to visit foreign lands or distant places, remember that they are all someone's home and backyard.

Of course at that point I had no idea that the adventure was only beginning and that the struggle and the rejections were to pile before me, a typical young writer, in an implacable mountain. But I was on my way.

SUN, MOON, AND STARRY SKY Early summer evenings, when the first stars come out, the warm glow of sunset still stains the rim of the western sky. Sometimes, the moon is also visible, a pale white slice, while the sun tarries. Just think -- all the celestial lights are present at the same time! These are moments of wonder -- see them and remember.

Fantasy, at its best, is balm for the soul. But it is faulty logic to assume that balm is necessarily mind-numbing anesthesia.

Was it you or I who stumbled first? It does not matter. The one of us who finds the strength to get up first, must help the other.

Never look directly at the sun. Instead, look at the sunflower.

The only thing faster than the speed of thought is the speed of forgetfulness. Good thing we have other people to help us remember.