John Steinbeck

It is a common experience that a problem difficult at night is resolved in the morning after the committee of sleep has worked on it.

I am impelled, not to squeak like a grateful and apologetic mouse, but to roar like a lion out of pride in my profession.

We spend our time searching for security and hate it when we get it.

As a young poet, you need corroboration, and that's what publication does.

Children don't need much advice but they really do need to be listened to and not just with half an ear.