I've had editors over the years who couldn't find a clue if it was stapled to their butt.

A true friend is someone who is there for you when he'd rather be anywhere else.

Art is always in the eyes of the beholder. Only posterity has the right to point out our mistakes.

When I'm my own editor, there's very little difference between the first draft and the final. I write what feels right to begin with. I rarely make any major changes.

It all depends on which side of the desk you're sitting on.

I always wanted to fire rays out of my fingertips.

I think jazz and comic books are probably the two uniquely American art forms.

In general, shorter is better. If you can encapsulate your idea into a single captivating sentence, you're halfway home.

A writer writes. Period. No matter if someone is buying your work or not.

Unfortunately, there are writers whose only concern is how good they could make themselves look on a title.

I realized the only thing I owed my audience was my own judgment and my own best effort.

The bottom line is that we never fall for the person we're supposed to.

Little Voice is a story where every reader, young or old, can feel inspired by its positive, inspiring and motivating message.

Science is a line, art a superficies, and life or the knowledge of God, a solid.

We hear nothing so clearly as what comes out of silence.

I know and share the many sorrows a human being can experience, but I do not cling to them; they pass through me, like life itself, as a broad eternal stream...and life continues.

In an approximate way, the logic of commons has been understood for a long time, perhaps since the discovery of agriculture or the invention of private property in real estate.

Philosophy is everybody's business.

What ho!" I said. "What ho!" said Motty. "What ho! What ho!" "What ho! What ho! What ho!" After that it seemed rather difficult to go on with the conversation.

What! alive, and so bold, O earth?

It really doesn't matter or concern me what people are saying or who thinks who is the favorite. The bottom line is you have to play.