Love is the answer, that everyone seeks. . . Love is the language, that every heart speaks.
I don't know of a soul who packed more living into 72 years than Charles Lindbergh did.
The successful editor is one who is constantly finding newwriters, nurturing their talents, and publishing them with critical and financial success.
By the '40s, Sam Goldwyn is a very serious man. By the '50s, he's the dean of American producers. To the end, he was Hollywood's gray eminence.
There is always a certain leap of faith that editors have made with their nonfiction writers. If the trust is broken, things can get very embarrassing for the writers and the publisher.
I developed a mania for Fitzgerald - by the time I'd graduated from high school I'd read everything he'd written. I started with 'The Great Gatsby' and moved on to 'Tender Is the Night,' which just swept me away. Then I read 'This Side of Paradise,' his novel about Princeton - I literally slept with that book under my pillow for two years.
I am a compulsive worker. But I'm also a compulsive relaxer.
When we least expect it, life sets us a challenge to test our courage and willingness to change.
I certainly could've gone off track many, many times in my youth.
A library's function is to give the public in the quickest and cheapest way: information, inspiration, and recreation. If a better way than the book can be found, we should use it.
I am horror fan in that I think that they are very effective on me. I get scared very easily. I am a scaredy cat. When I was younger, my mom used to rent Alfred Hitchock films, so I saw a couple of those and I was terrified by them.