Literature is a peculiarly public product of a particularly private endeavor.

Competition is a moral problem and an emotional tangle and a political conundrum.

For writers from working-class families, the making of art is cultural disenfranchisement, for we do not belong in literary circles and our writing rarely makes it back home.

If I can face a street full of rabid zombies, I can tell a boy I like him. Right?

The Christian is not obedient unless he is doing all in his power to send the Gospel to the heathen world.

I am not a high-tech techie, but I have been told that is not possible.

I miss us, too. I always have, and probably always will

One does not want to be deceived, under the supposition that it is injurious, dangerous, or fatal to be deceived.

The condition that gives birth to a rule is not the same as the condition to which the rule gives birth.

Sit down every day and DO IT. Writing is a self-taught craft; the more you work at it, the more skilled you become. And when you're not writing, READ.

Always watch the hands. The hands will tell you everything you need to know.

No money changed hands, of course.

Daylight, full of small dancing particles. Can you see them when I whisper in your ear?