I thought I would lose, so I didn't prepare a speech.

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.

Dreams turn to dust in light of day.

True freedom comes only from true wisdom.

Seek within to discover your true passion in life, and then promise yourself to never give up until you introduce the light of reality to it.

Come what may, all bad fortune is to be conquered by endurance.

I'm learning real skills that I can apply throughout the rest of my life...procrastinating and rationalizing.

I could not be happy with a man whose taste did not in every point coincide with my own. He must enter in all my feelings; the same books, the same music must charm us both.

As soon as an actress is past 40, they call her a grande dame. As long as I'm here in good health, I'm stable.

You never ask why you've been fired because if you do, they're liable to tell you.

I knew I had to be a journalist because I'm deeply curious about the world.

Confidentiality is an ancient and well-warranted social value.