I can only gesture at what makes a story good.

Some animals are secretive; some are shy. A cat is private.

Stories should be natural as apples, brief as lust, long as a thought.

Looking at a cat, like looking at clouds or stars or the ocean, makes it difficult to believe there is nothing miraculous in this world.

There's hardly anywhere in literature where you don't find a triangle.

Of mystery there is no end. Of clarity, there is precious little.

There is always something for which there is no accounting. Take, for example, the whole world.

I read assiduously. I kept in touch with my species.

The prose as such has to be singing the song the story is telling.

Is the story developing an attitude or victimized by it.

Self-confidence can be crippling.

I hate you' she said to me one afternoon. 'I really, really hate you.' Call me sensitive, but I couldn't help but take it personally.

For to-day I take or give

Remember it is as easy to marry a rich woman as a poor woman.

Women should marry when they are about eighteen years of age, and men at seven and thirty; then they are in the prime of life, and the decline in the powers of both will coincide.

An email address is like a customer's "digital fingerprint".

If you think that you can sin, and then by cries avert the consequences of sin, you insult God's character.

Comedians are a much rarer and far more valuable commodity than all the gold and precious stones in the world.

No one to hear, you might as well scream.

The mountain represents your purpose in life. You and your people will enjoy the greatest success and satisfaction if you relentlessly pursue your purpose.

Marketing takes a day to learn. Unfortunately, it takes a lifetime to master.