The Child Lives In The Book; But

To Walk Into History Is To Be Free At Once, To Be At Large Among People.

No One Of The Characters In My Novels Has Originated, So Far As I Know, In Real Life. If Anything, The Contrary Was The Case: Persons Playing A Part In My Life--the First Twenty Years Of It--had About Them Something Semi-fictitious.

Autumn Arrives In Early Morning, But Spring At The Close Of A Winter Day.

I Know That I Have In My Make-up Layers Of Synthetic Experiences, And That The Most Powerful Of My Memories Are Only Half True.

Bring All Your Intelligence To Bear On Your Beginning.