In journalism, a fact is just a fact. But in fiction, you have to build your case. It has to be made, step by step.

We are all worthy of one another.

I'm fascinated by the awful, awful things that human beings do to each other.

Until I can read a story physically, with the eyes, it doesn't seem to exist for me.

A woman, no matter the age, is always learning, always becoming. But a man . . . stops learning at fourteen or so.

Calvin had long been uneasy in his own person and so lived to put everyone else at ease.

(Her husband's departure ...) had picked Mildred up by the hair and dropped her down at the doorstep of insanity.From "Butterfly on F street

People seem to have trouble with the imagination. They can't believe that you can just pull things out of your brain like that.

But you can not buy what doesn't belong to you.

It’s okay, ” I tell her.“It is okay to be happy

You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream.

It's not just a question of doing what you love for a living. It's about doing what you love with love. Then your life and all be transformed.

I am not the most eloquent guy in the world.

The discipline of daily devotion to God undergirds decisions.

When we are involved in [creativity], we feel that we are living more fully than during the rest of life.

The world does not owe men a living, but business, if it is to fulfill its ideal, owes men an opportunity to earn a living.

Really think hard about what you want to do, because when you're doing what you want to do is probably when you'll be doing your best. And pray it is not a hobby so they'll pay you for it.

Our offense is like the pythagorean theorem: There is no answer!