Read a lot, finding out what kind of writing turns you on, in order to develop a criterion for your own writing. And then trust it-and yourself.

Savannah is a . . . lovely pastel dream of tight cobbled streets. . . . There are legendary scenes . . . to rival any dreamed up by Tennessee Williams.

Guilt is one of those useless emotions I refuse to indulge.

A New York friend said that visiting the South reminded her of nothing more than being in high school again.

Without Christ a people may always have the freedom to do, but never the power to complete.

Kant did think he had a moral route back to rational faith in God, for those who need it, and he thought that at some level, we all do need something like it.

When an individual fear or apathy would cause us to pass by the unfortunate, then life is of no account.

Strong and independent? I’m neither. I’m just being pushed along by reality, whether I like it or not.

May the devil take these peoples movements, especially when they are 'peaceful'.

By the time we've hit fifty, we have learned our hardest lessons

Before climbing the summits, you must first walk in the down valleys!

A novel is balanced between a few true impressions and the multitude of false ones that make up most of what we call life.

You know that look a cop gives you when he's so confused that he doesn't even know how to respond? If you don't know that look, it means you haven't had enough fun in your life.

Man is a poetical animal, and delights in fiction.