“A child's education should begin at least one hundred years before he is born.”
“The proper time to influence the character of a child is about a hundred years before he is born.”
“From the very beginning of his education, the child should experience the joy of discovery.”
“Beginning a novel is always hard. It feels like going nowhere. I always have to write at least 100 pages that go into the trashcan before it finally begins to work. It's discouraging, but necessary to write those pages. I try to consider them pages -100 to zero of the novel.”
“I'm convinced that before the year 2000 is over, the first child will have been born on the moon.”