“There are a lot of us, some published, some not, who think the literary life is the loveliest one possible, this life of reading and writing and corresponding. We think this life is nearly ideal.”
“People who read your ideas tend to think that your writings reflect your life.”
“Our job in this life is not to shape ourselves into some ideal we imagine we ought to be, but to find out who we already are and become it.”
“Some read to think, these are rare; some to write, these are common; and some read to talk, and these form the great majority. ”
“In this life we love who we love. There were some stories in which facts were very nearly irrelevant.”
“In the race of life, some win and some loose those who win think they are busy and those who loose remain free. ”