"The greatest danger is not that we aim too high and miss it, but that we aim too low and reach it."

"If you don't like my books, don't read them. There's no law. But don't try to stop other people from reading them."

"The creative adult is the child who survived."

"We read books to find out who we are. What other people, real or imaginary, do and think and feel… is an essential part of the process of discovering what we are doing and thinking and feeling."

"We are the species that tells stories."