“When were the good and the brave ever in a majority?”

“That government is best which governs least.”

“Dreams are the touchstones of our characters.”

“It takes two to speak the truth, — one to speak, and another to hear.”

“There are a thousand hacking at the branches of evil to one who is striking at the root.”

“Simplify, simplify.”

“Books are the mirrors of the soul.”

“Fiction is like a spider's web, attached ever so lightly perhaps, but still attached to life at all four corners.”

“A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.”

“When I'm writing, I am trying to find out who I am, who we are, what we're capable of, how we feel, how we lose and stand up, and go on from darkness into darkness.”

“You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.”

“You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus.”