"Mental pain is less dramatic than physical pain, but it is more common and also more hard to bear."

"Write about what really interests you, whether it is real things or imaginary things, and nothing else."

"A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you are looking down, you cannot see something that is above you."

"God wants a child's heart and a grownup's head."

"You can make anything by writing."

"Once people stop believing in God, the problem is not that they will believe in nothing; rather, the problem is that they will believe anything."