“The worst thing you can do is censor yourself as the pencil hits the paper. You must not edit until you get it all on paper. If you can put everything down, stream-of-consciousness, you'll do yourself a service.”

“Work is what you do for others, liebchen. Art is what you do for yourself.”

“How many times do you get to be 35?Eleven”

“The nice thing about doing a crossword puzzle is, you know there is a solution.”

“It's not so much do what you like as it is that you like what you do.”

“Careful the things you say,Children will listen.Careful the things you do,Children will see.And learn.Children may not obeyBut children will listen.Children will look to youFor which way to turn,To learn what to be.Careful before you say,"Listen to me."Children will listen.”

“Children can only grow from something you love to something you lose.”