How much wilderness do the wilderness-lovers want? ask those who would mine and dig and cut and dam in such sanctuary spots as these. The answer is easy: Enough so that there will be in the years ahead a little relief, a little quiet, a little relaxation, for any of our increasing millions who need and want it.

I shall be richer all my life for this sorrow

We do not write what we know; we write what we want to find out.

A writer is an organism that will go on writing even after its heart has been cut out.

I am impressed by how much of my grandparent's life depended on continuities, contacts, connections, friendships, and blood relationships.

A teacher enlarges people in all sorts of ways besides just his subject matter.

Young writers should be encouraged to write, and discouraged from thinking they are writers.