Occupation: Novelist Birth: August 14, 1933 Death: November 22, 2012
It's been a privilege to write for you and to have you accept me as a storyteller in your lives, Now, as my story draws to an end, may I say only, `T….
I am essentially an entertainer and a storyteller..
Never take advice from a donkey..
Small can beat big, but you must have a plan..
One thing is certain in life. Just when things are going well, soon afterward they are certain to go wrong. It's just the way things are meant to be..
Intelligence is a harder gift. For this you must work, you must practice it, challenge it, and maybe toward the end of your life you will master it. ….
Always listen to yourself. It is better to be wrong than to simply follow convention. If you are wrong, no matter, you have learned something and you….
Dare your genius to walk the wildest unknown ways..
My job is essentially that of an entertainer, no different to that of a musician, no different to that of an actor. I just happen to be an author..
But I was still alive, and in my book, where there's life, there's hope..
Each of us has been designed for one of two immortal functions, as either a storyteller or as a cross-legged listener to tales of wonder, love, and d….
Innocents, the meat in a ghastly sandwich between an uncaring society and a vengeful state..
It is better just to get on with the business of living and minding your own business and maybe, if God likes the way you do things, he may just let ….
I was born illegitimately and almost immediately, as I understand it, placed in an orphanage. So my very earliest memories were in an orphanage. It w….
Love is energy: it can neither be created nor destroyed. It just is and always will be, giving meaning to life and direction to goodness... Love will….
It's nothing to be ashamed of. There comes a time in everything when you don't know something..
I tell myself lies and soon I believe them..
Advertising seemed almost natural to me because it was a business where you had to inform, persuade and educate. And so from being a junior copywrite….
It's good to be a little frightened. It's good to respect your opponent. It keeps you sharp. In the fight game, the head rules the heart. But in the ….
You've got to be quick on your feet in this world if you want to survive. Though once you know the rules, it is not too hard to play the game..
Good conversational debate is an end in itself, and talking for the love of conversation is what makes us human..