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I Believe It Is Impossible To Make Sense Of Life In This World Except Through Art.

Children Make Better Readers Than Adults. They Read As Carefully As I Write; Adults Read As A Means Of Getting Off To Sleep. I Get Letters Saying 'i Have Read Your Book Seventeen Times.' If You're An Adult Novelist And You Get That Letter, You Should Be Afraid. You're Being Stalked. Kids Always Read Them Seventeen Times!

I've Said This Before, And I Say It Again. Bagels Can Be An Enormous Power For Good Or For Evil. It Is Up To Us To Decide How We Will Use Them.

Looking Back Over My Life So Far I Am Able To Remember Specific Days That Were Perfect. These Tend To Be Days, And Parts Of Days, In Which Nothing In Particular Happened, Except That I Was Utterly Happy.

Writing And Telling Are Almost The Same, The Way I Do It.