I Realised I'd Never Climb

I Believe That To Create Real-seeming Characters, The Writer Must Be Willing To Go On A Voyage Of Self-exploration. It Can Be Revealing And Even Painful To Explore Your Own Weakness, But It Gives You Genuine Emotion. Characters In Fiction Come Alive Because Of The Believability Of Their Emotional Lives And That Is What I Strive To Create.

People Have Less Privacy And Are Crammed Together In Cities, But In The Wide Open Spaces They Secretly Keep Tabs On Each Other A Lot More

Rule Number Something Or Other -- Never Tell Anybody Anything Unless You're Going To Get Something Better In Return.

If I Were Elected President, The First Thing I Would Do Would Be To Set Up A Department Of Restoring The Bill Of Rights. I Would Have 10,000 People Working There.

There Is No Frigate Like A Book And No Harbor Like A Library, Where Those Who Love Books But Can't Afford Their Own Complete Collections, Or Those Who Need A Computer, Or Kids Who Need A Safe Place To Read After School, Or Moms With Toddlers Who Want Their Babies To Learn To Read, Can All Come Together And Share In A Great Community Resource.