"There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed."

"We read to know that we are not alone."

"I have hated words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right."

"Some things have to be believed to be seen."

"There is no Them. There are only facets of Us."

"It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live."

"Not all those who wander are lost."

"Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom."

“We should write for the youth of today, the critics of tomorrow, and the school masters thereafter.”

"I don't know why I started writing. I don't know why anybody does it. Maybe they're bored, or failures at something else."

"A man without words is a man without thought."