Quality should never be compromised, no matter the scale of production.

A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return.

We are lonesome animals. We spend all our life trying to be less lonesome. One of our ancient methods is to tell a story begging the listener to say — and to feel — 'Yes, that's the way it is, or at least that's the way I feel it.'

"You can't do anything about the length of your life, but you can do something about its width and depth."