I would advise anyone who aspires to a writing career that before developing his talent he would be wise to develop a thick hide.

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.

The book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think. No book in the world equals the Bible for that.

The things that happen to people we never really know. What happens in houses behind closed doors, what secrets -

People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.

Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.

He turned out the light and went into Jem's room. He would be there all night, and he would be there when Jem waked up in the morning.

Things are always better in the morning.

It's not necessary to tell all you know.

Writing is a process of self-discipline you must learn before you can call yourself a writer. There are people who write, but I think they're quite different from people who must write.

...but before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself.

What I'm trying to describe is that it's impossible to get out of your skin into somebody else's.... That somebody else's tragedy is not the same as your own.

My feeling is that maintaining financial independence is also a healthy way to keep my feet on the ground.

For a moment she just stared, wondering if there were another girl staying here, or if Sebastian had taken to cross-dressing.

Commercial society regards people as bundles of appetites, a conception that turns human beings inside out, leaving nothing to be regarded as inherently private.

I do believe that people who write for children are deeply connected to their own childhood.

Whenever I arrive on a real location, I have to move around and work out what the best angles are going to be.

Vanity dies hard; in some obstinate cases it outlives the man.

Age may have one side, but assuredly Youth has the other. There is nothing more certain than that both are right, except perhaps that both are wrong.

I feel I am blessed that I have found my stride and relaxed into my life's purpose.

The country is in an extraordinary ferment.