I have been everywhere because I don't know what I'm looking for.

Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.

All secrets become deep. All secrets become dark. That's in the nature of secrets.

Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader - not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon.

When in trouble or in doubt, run in circles, scream and shout.

Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.

Never underestimate the determination of a kid who is time-rich and cash-poor.

I am often asked the question How can the masses permit themselves to be exploited by the few. The answer is By being persuaded to identify with them.

The three most important documents a free society gives are a birth certificate, a passport, and a library card.

Writers are not just people who sit down and write. They hazard themselves. Every time you compose a book your composition of yourself is at stake.

Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.

If you can desire it, you can behold it.

Fortune does favor the bold and you'll never know what you're capable of if you don't try.

To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization.

I have not the capability to give you my loyalty, nor do I have the vanity to appear as if I did.

And dance is wonderful because dance is so immediate.

If your life turns out to be good and you have a tremendous amount of luck in your life, it's a good thing to turn around and make it work for others.

Borrowing and spending is not the way to prosperity.

Some people think Wheeler's gotten crazy in his later years, but he's always been crazy.

Otherwise I'll fall apart. I'm going to fall apart. I am falling apart.

The time for hope is gone, and come for fear.