I could live a week on one good compliment.

I could live a week on one good compliment.

Rice Krispies happens to be one of my favorite junk foods, just as I regard Michener as superior among junk read more

Rice Krispies happens to be one of my favorite junk foods, just as I regard Michener as superior among junk writers.

Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns. I am thankful that thorns have roses.

Some people are always grumbling because roses have thorns. I am thankful that thorns have roses.

I wanted to convince you that you must learn to make every act count, since you are going to be read more

I wanted to convince you that you must learn to make every act count, since you are going to be here for only a short while, in fact, too short for witnessing all the marvels of it.

The fact that writers will go through so much to remain writers says something, perhaps everything. It would be far read more

The fact that writers will go through so much to remain writers says something, perhaps everything. It would be far easier (and nearly always more profitable) to become a real estate agent.

Time is a circus--always packing up and moving away.

Time is a circus--always packing up and moving away.

If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then read more

If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing, or sing in writing, then don't write, because our culture has no use for it.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. - De Legibus, 1240.

An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. - De Legibus, 1240.

Just when you think that a person is just a backdrop for the rest of the universe, watch them and read more

Just when you think that a person is just a backdrop for the rest of the universe, watch them and see that they laugh, they cry, they tell jokes ... they're just friends waiting to be made.