“Every well-written book is a light for me. When you write, you use other writers and their books as guides in the wilderness. ”

“Will Thisbee gave me The Beginner's Cook-Book for Girl Guides. It was just the thing; the writer assumes you know nothing about cookery and writes useful hints - "When adding eggs, break the shells first.”

“I don't write a book so that it will be the final word; I write a book so that other books are possible, not necessarily written by me.”

“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”

“IF you wish to be a writer then don't wait until you write the "great American novel" for they aren't written they are created. If you don't write at all you won't know how "great" that simple book can be.”

“So I be written in the Book of Love. I do not care about that Book Above. Erase my name, or write it as you will. So I be written in the Book of Love.”