Human life is fiction's only theme.

Indeed, learning to write may be part of learning to read. For all I know, writing comes out of a superior devotion to reading.

Learning stamps you with it's moments. Childhood's learning is made up of moments. It isn't steady. It's a pulse.

I am a writer who came from a sheltered life. A sheltered life can be a daring life as well. For all serious daring starts from within.

Henry James said there isn't any difference between "the English novel" and "the American novel" since there are only two kinds of novels at all, the good and the bad.

I can't think I had much of a sense of humor as long as I remained the only child. When my brother Edward came along we both became comics, making each other laugh.

A girl without braids is like a city without bridges.

The longest day is soon ended.

For those who unfairly lump Social Security in with Bernie Madoff, in all fairness, you should point out the difference. No one was ever legally required to pay money to Madoff.

I hate Bernard Shaw because he says that life is compromise.

Tea, although an OrientalIs a gentleman at least;Cocoa is a cad and coward,Cocoa is a vulgar beast.

Testing, we will never do enough of it.

You try as a parent. You love beyond reason. You fight beyond endurance. You hope beyond despair. You never think, until the very last moment, that it still might not be enough.

A life without problems would be a barren existence, without the opportunity for spiritual growth.

I can’t make the Bible come alive for anyone. The Bible is already alive. It makes me come alive.

I don't want you leaving laughing, I want to leave you shaking. That to me is true horror.