“From my close observation of writers... they fall into two groups: 1) those who bleed copiously and visibly at any bad review, and 2) those who bleed copiously and secretly at any bad review.”

“Any planet is 'Earth' to those that live on it.”

“I can't bear to hear a human being spoken of with contempt just because of his group identification...It's these respectable people here who create those hooligans out there.”

“Those people who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.”

“People who think they know everything are a great annoyance to those of us who do.”

“Having reached 451 books as of now doesn't help the situation. If I were to be dying now, I would be murmuring, "Too bad! Only four hundred fifty-one." (Those would be my next-to-last words. The last ones will be: "I love you, Janet.") [They were. -Janet.]”

“It is the writer who might catch the imagination of young people, and plant a seed that will flower and come to fruition.”