Stories should be natural as apples, brief as lust, long as a thought.

Some animals are secretive; some are shy. A cat is private.

Looking at a cat, like looking at clouds or stars or the ocean, makes it difficult to believe there is nothing miraculous in this world.

There's hardly anywhere in literature where you don't find a triangle.

Of mystery there is no end. Of clarity, there is precious little.

There is always something for which there is no accounting. Take, for example, the whole world.

I read assiduously. I kept in touch with my species.

The prose as such has to be singing the song the story is telling.

Is the story developing an attitude or victimized by it.

Self-confidence can be crippling.

I can only gesture at what makes a story good.

A diligent hawker today, can be a great tycoon tomorrow

Some men are like a clock on the roof; they are useful only to the neighbors.

I am just one of many thousands called to be an evangelist.

Nixon did have a secret plan, and I knew that it involved making threats of nuclear war to North Vietnam.

We who have found Jesus and faith in God and love Him have found Heaven on Earth!

I'm having a ball. I just walk in, make some funnies and walk out, no pressure.

There were so many stories around, it was almost inevitable some of them would turn out to be true.

If you've lost your faith in love and music, Oh the end won't be long...

Don't save the canary. Fix the coal mine.

Grace is that thing that shows up to guide you when you've done the first two steps and you're intent on doing something larger than just yourself. That's when all of the sudden things are great.