The person with an itch can't understand why everyone's not scratching.
The snow in winter, the flowers in spring. There is no deeper reality.
The only valid rule for a work of art is that it be true to itself.
You can't prepare for the things that change your life. They come suddenly and unannounced.
You can always count on God to do nothing.
Appreciation, not possession, makes a thing ours.
It's better to develop hobbies and interests than to have ideas about things.
What matters finally is how we feel about ourselves. After all, to a worm we're just food.
We love those to whom we can tell our story.
The more idealism proves futile, the more I respect idealists.
Home is where you can go and rest and be nothing
Be grateful to those who refuse your demands. They are your benefactors.
When you transplant a rose, transplant the reddest one.
Any casual observer can tell at a glance I'm not the person I think I am.
We are all nameless inside.
It is better to do something you like than to think about what you don't like.
When I told the rainbow what its colors meant, it laughed.
I don't believe in love. I love.
Novelists are basically inviting their readers to play a game of pretend. That's what fiction is: a game of pretend.
No work is so important you have to do it.