"The truth is not always beautiful, but the pursuit of truth is always beautiful."

Art is the only serious thing in the world. And the artist is the only person who is never serious.

"The act of reading is an act of empathy, of seeing the world through someone else's eyes."

"To be a writer is to sit down at one's desk in the chill portion of every day, and to write; not waiting for the little jet of the blue flame of genius to start from the breastbone--just writing."