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

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

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

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.

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.

I have read the last page of the Bible. It isall going to turn out all right.

Rumor has it: when you marry a Walsh you are set for life. Only one thing can screw it up.

The Biblical language was so deeply embedded in the great man's mind that it became his normal way of speaking.

There are times we spent money when we shouldn't, the choices we make define the results we get

I have proposed maternity leave for mothers whose employers do not provide it.

It's all I ever really wanted, that revelation. The possibility of fixed stars.

It has always been on the written page that the world has come into focus for me.

The patient is the nucleus of the health care system.

In order for us to liberate the energy of our strength, our weakness must first have a chance to reveal itself.

Location work has its charms, and can seem glamorous on the outside, but I think living at home and having the stability of a home life once you've finished work is very underrated!