She knew him as much as the knowing of her own heart’s secret: she was destined for the forest.

It's a pook, a messenger...spy is more like it, " Kern explained sourly. "This one will tattle, and I'll never hear the end of it when I go back." An eyebrow lifted. "Consorting with a human.

In peacetime some sort of introduction is generally required to make a person's acquaintance

I would really hope this would make people see the short story as an important art, not just something you played around with until you got a novel.

There was always something immensely comic to her in the thought of living elsewhere than New York. She could not regard as serious proposals that she share a western residence.

You can rebel against everything adults say. When I want to find out what the new music is, I find out what parents hate.

There was no press involvement, there was no pressure. Life was very pure and it became more complicated.

I won't go hunting with you, Jake, but I'll go chasing women.

If you're cooking for someone important - whether it's your boss or a date - never try a new recipe and a new ingredient at the same time.

If the Royal Variety Show was put in a matter transportation machine with the Royal Institution Christmas lectures, this is what you'd get.

Certain types of films will never test well. My films never seem to test well.

Well, I'm a writer by nature, and I got a little bit - a little taste of a daily fast-paced writing job, writing career, and I loved it.