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"Always in my books, I like to throw that rogue element into a stable situation and then see what happens."

"My books always begin with a sentence and an image - not necessarily connected."

"The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads."
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"You must learn from the mistakes of others. You can't possibly live long enough to make them all yourself."


"If you want to know how your girl will treat you after marriage, just listen to her talking to her little brother."


"When I was a boy I used to do what my father wanted. Now I have to do what my boy wants. My problem is: When am I going to do what I want?"


"Love at first sight is easy to understand; it's when two people have been looking at each other for a lifetime that it becomes a miracle."


"We should not permit prayer to be taken out of the schools; that's the only way most of us got through."


"One of the virtues of being very young is that you don't let the facts get in the way of your imagination."


"The reason grandparents and grandchildren get along so well is that they have a common enemy."
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