Every serious novel is, beyond its immediate thematic preoccupations, a discussion of the craft, a conquest of the form, a conflict with its difficulties and a pursuit of its felicities and beauty.

An artist has got to get acquainted with himself just as much as he can. It is no easy job, for it is not a present-day habit of humanity.

The problem with writing about religion is that you run the risk of offending sincerely religious people, and then they come after you with machetes.

Among twelve apostles there must always be one who is as hard as stone, so that the new church may be built upon him.

Larry is back in town...The wedding is set for October. Tammy is threatening to have me in the wedding. Some friends they are.

Technology will have moved on to an unimaginable level in ten years.

The surest way of finding peace of mind is that which helps the greatest number of others to find it

With folded hands I say, give me your support & I will give Surajya.

A French traveler with a sore throat is a wonderful thing to behold, but it takes more than tonsillitis to prevent a Frenchman from boasting.

It's important for the young players to practice other ball games as well, basketball or table tennis. On the tennis court, you can improve your eye through a kind of overexertion.

If that is what makes us liberals, so be it, just as long as in reporting the news we adhere to the first ideals of good journalism - that news reports must be fair, accurate and unbiased.