“Write to Inspire. Write to Express. Write to Live.”

“In the midst of the storm, your life boat appears. A psalm, a hymn, a word... calming the fiercest winds of the soul.”

“How do you write about something, even something real and painful-like suicide-when all of the writing that's been done on that subject has robbed you of any originality of expression?”

“If Russians knew how to read they would write me off. ”

“It has ever been my delight to learn or to teach or to write.”

“Write when inspired, write to inspire”

“True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written, and writing what deserves to be read.”