"The unread story is not a story; it is a sentence, a string of words, until it has been read. The reader is a collaborator."

"Art is not a mirror held up to reality, but a hammer with which to shape it."

"We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend."

"The unread story is not a story; it is little black marks on wood pulp. The reader, reading it, makes it live: a live thing, a story."

"The power of naming is the power of knowing."