Any writer worth the name is always getting into one thing or getting out of another thing.

Modern life is confusing - no "Ms. take" about it.

Nothing contributes so much to tranquilize the mind as a steady purpose -- a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.

Fear is not a good teacher. The lessons of fear are quickly forgotten.

The thing that I have done throughout my life is to do the best job that I can and to be me.

Take your work seriously, but never yourself.