Is the story developing an attitude or victimized by it.

Some animals are secretive; some are shy. A cat is private.

Stories should be natural as apples, brief as lust, long as a thought.

Looking at a cat, like looking at clouds or stars or the ocean, makes it difficult to believe there is nothing miraculous in this world.

There's hardly anywhere in literature where you don't find a triangle.

Of mystery there is no end. Of clarity, there is precious little.

There is always something for which there is no accounting. Take, for example, the whole world.

I read assiduously. I kept in touch with my species.

The prose as such has to be singing the song the story is telling.

Self-confidence can be crippling.

I can only gesture at what makes a story good.

If today is not your day, then be happy for this day shall never return. And if today is your day, then be happy now for this day shall never return.

I've got plenty of love in my life already in the form of my sons and a few good friends who I value dearly.

We are not the only avatars of humanity. Once our computing machines achieved self-consciousness, they became part of this design.

The moment we change our thinking and start connecting with God, we start connecting with His plans, which always exceed our small plans.

Wee leave more to do when wee dye, then wee have done.

Roll on, thou deep and dark blue ocean

It’s the method of consumption, not what’s on the plate.

Solitude is very sad, Too much company twice as bad.