Write, write, and write some more. Think of writing as a muscle that needs lots of exercise.

Time may heal all wounds, but it does not erase the scars.

Literature is a textually transmitted disease, normally contracted in childhood.

A book is a wonderful present. Though it may grow worn, it will never grow old.

Childrens books change lives. Stories pour into the hearts of children and help make them what they become.

Love the writing, love the writing, love the writing... the rest will follow.

It's never perfect when I write it down the first time, or the second time, or the fifth time. But it always gets better as I go over it and over it.

Take a step, breathe in the world, give it out again in story, poem, song, art.

Ideas are the cheapest part of the writing. They are free. The hard part is what you do with ideas you've gathered.

Language helps develp life as surely as it reflects life. It is a most important part of our human condition.

Stories," he'd said, his voice low and almost husky, "we are made up of stories. And even the one's that seem the most like lies can be our deepest hidden truths.

Talent alone does nothing

The secret in any situation is the strength of spirit.

Writing a novel is actually searching for victims. As I write I keep looking for casualties. The stories uncover the casual

You get to the point where your demons, which are terrifying, get smaller and smaller and you get bigger and bigger.

We forget our faults easily when they are known to ourselves alone.

Doubt is the beginning, not the end, of wisdom.

The proof is in the pudding.

Believe that none of the effort you put into coming closer to God is ever wasted - even if in the end you don't achieve what you are striving for.

Wherever there is failure, there is some giddiness, some superstition about luck, some step omitted, which, Nature never pardons.

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