The great fun in my life has been getting up every morning and rushing to the typewriter because some new idea has hit me. less than 1 minute read
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. less than 1 minute read
I have total recall. I remember being born. I remember being in the womb, I remember being inside. Coming out was great. less than 1 minute read
Precepts or maxims are of great weight and a few useful ones on hand do more to produce a happy life than the volumes we can’t find. less than 1 minute read
It is the sign of a great mind to dislike greatness, and to prefer things in measure to things in excess. less than 1 minute read
A great photograph is one that fully expresses what one feels, in the deepest sense, about what is being photographed. less than 1 minute read
If you know how to read, you have a complete education about life, then you know how to vote within a democracy. But if you don’t know how to read, you don’t know how to decide. That’s the great thing about our country - we’re a democracy of readers, and we should keep it that way. less than 1 minute read
There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with the first moments of our first great sorrow, when we have not yet known what it is to have suffered and be healed, to have despaired and have recovered hope. less than 1 minute read
