Russia, France, Germany and China. They revere their writers. America is still a frontier country that almost shudders at the idea of creative expression.

I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions.

Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries.

Don't put off for tomorrow what you can do today because if you enjoy it today, you can do it again tomorrow.

The really great writers are people like Emily Brontë who sit in a room and write out of their limited experience and unlimited imagination.

Scientists dream about doing great things. Engineers do them.

I have never thought of myself as a good writer. Anyone who wants reassurance of that should read one of my first drafts. But I'm one of the world's great rewriters.

I'm not a very good writer, but I'm an excellent rewriter.

If you reject the food, ignore the customs, fear the religion and avoid the people, you might better stay home.

If your book doesn't keep you up nights when you are writing it, it won't keep anyone up nights reading it.

An age is called Dark not because the light fails to shine, but because people refuse to see it.

I have always felt that doubt was the beginning of wisdom, and the fear of God was the end of wisdom.

With gorilla gone, will there be hope for man?

The hardest thing about being a writer is convincing your wife that lying on the sofa is work.

It comes from the likes of you! Take what you can get! Grab the chances as they come along! Act in hallways! Sing in doorways! Dance in cellars!

Next to the Holy Scriptures, the greatest aide to the life of faith may be Christian biographies.

I have an affinity for Africa, especially East Africa, and Kansas looks very much like that.

We shall not be well so long as we love and admire anything more than we love and admire God.

Seeds sewn in adversity bear the greatest fruit.

Frankly, goin' crazy was the best thing that ever happened to me. I don't say it's for everybody; some people couldn't cope.

I believe passionately in the power of people.