Learning stamps you with it's moments. Childhood's learning is made up of moments. It isn't steady. It's a pulse.

Indeed, learning to write may be part of learning to read. For all I know, writing comes out of a superior devotion to reading.

Human life is fiction's only theme.

I am a writer who came from a sheltered life. A sheltered life can be a daring life as well. For all serious daring starts from within.

Henry James said there isn't any difference between "the English novel" and "the American novel" since there are only two kinds of novels at all, the good and the bad.

I can't think I had much of a sense of humor as long as I remained the only child. When my brother Edward came along we both became comics, making each other laugh.

The best days in the life of any person are the days of joy

There are things you need to know that you already know.

It feels great to do what you love.

At some point, you gotta let go, and sit still, and allow contentment to come to you.

When people change their irrational beliefs to undogmatic flexible preferences, they become less disturbed.

I can memorize great swathes of dialogue!

Ye moon and stars, bear witness to the truth.

I write journals and would recommend journal writing to anyone who wishes to pursue a writing career. You learn a lot. You also remember a lot... and memory is important

Nick subjected him to a long, judgmental stare. "There's something very wrong with you," he said at last. "I thought you should know.

I knew the whistle of each of the river boats on the Tennessee.