As for begging, it is safer to beg than to take, but it is finer to take than to beg
Reading was a joy, a desperately needed escape -- I didn't read to learn, I was reading to read.
Writing is the only art form where a good number of the artists make a slice of their living criticizing one another in print, in public.
I write for the same reason I read: because it's all there is for me.
Literature simply becomes richer after you've been fired, rejected, stranded, or had to change a few midnight diapers.
The human brain is the highest bloom of the whole organic metamorphosis of the earth.
To have beautiful lips, say beautiful things. To have beautiful eyes, look at people and see the good in them.
I really try to put myself in uncomfortable situations. Complacency is my enemy.
The concept of freedom in Scripture differs from modern notions. Freedom is not a life lived free of restraints but a life that recognizes healthy limits, those that are concern to produce prosperity and order for the person who observes them.