The writer must be in it; he can't be to one side of it, ever. He has to be endangered by it. His own attitudes have to be tested in it. The best work that anybody ever writes is the work that is on the verge of embarrassing him, always.

If I can stop one heart from breaking, I shall not live in vain.

Reality does not conform to the ideal, but confirms it

Sometimes your joy is the source of your smile, but sometimes your smile can be the source of your joy

Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.

Details matter, it's worth waiting to get it right.

All that really belongs to us is time; even he who has nothing else has that.