“I have always held the old-fashioned opinion that the primary object of work of fiction should be to tell a story.”

“Promote, then, as an object of primary importance, institutions for the general diffusion of knowledge. In proportion as the structure of a government gives force to public opinion, it is essential that public opinion should be enlightened.”

“Language does not always have to wear a tie and lace-up shoes. The object of fiction isn't grammatical correctness but to make the reader welcome and then tell a story … to make him/her forget, whenever possible, that he/she is reading a story at all.”

“The primary subject of fiction is and has always been human emotion, values, and beliefs.”

“People always ask me where they should go to work, and I always tell them to go to work for whom they admire the most.”

“... an artist should paint from the heart, and not always what people expect. Predictability often leads to the dullest work, in my opinion, and we have been bored stiff long enough I think.”