The only other thing which I think is important is: Don't write a book or start a book with the expectation of communicating a message in a very important way.

Time is a gift, given to you, given to give you the time you need, the time you need to have the time of your life.

So many things are possible just as long as you don't know they're impossible.

...it's not just learning that's important. It's learning what to do with what you learn and learning why you learn things that matters.

You must never feel badly about making mistakes.

The most important reason for going from one place to another is to see what's in between, and they took great pleasure in doing just that.

The only thing you can do easily is be wrong, and that's hardly worth the effort.

Expect everything, I always say, and the unexpected never happens.

But I suppose there's a lot to see everywhere, if only you keep your eyes open.

A good book written for children can be read by adults

A slavish concern for the composition of words is the sign of a bankrupt intellect. Be gone, odious wasp! You smell of decayed syllables.

…..she needed him to know she did not care. She was spirited, tenacious, and full of contempt for him.

Haste denies all acts their dignity.

Humor expands our limited picture frame and gets us to see more than just our problem.

The more you invest in your happiness, the more happiness will invest in you.

When working on a period, it is the finer details that evoke imagery that helps in cinematic adaptations.

I hate who steals my solitude, without really offer me in exchange company.

In the sweat of thy face thou shalt eat bread, Till thou return unto the ground; for thou Out of the ground wast taken; know thy birth, For dust thou art, and shalt to dust return.

The real bosses, in the capitalist system of market economy, are the consumers.

Fairly large print is a real antidote to stiff reading.

Most students of literature can pick apart a metaphor or spot an ethnic stereotype, but not many of them can say things like: 'The poem's sardonic tone is curiously at odds with its plodding syntax.