I had been educated with free scholarships. I went to nine different universities, always at public expense, and when you have that experience, you are almost obligated to give it back. It's as simple as that.

I am right now in the middle of a difficult writing project. And it's just as difficult now as when I started. But when I get up in the morning I am really qua…

I have never thought of myself as a good writer. Anyone who wants reassurance of that should read one of my first drafts. But I'm one of the world's great rewr…

I am always interested in why young people become writers, and from talking with many I have concluded that most do not want to be writers working eight and te…

If the expedition had failed, which it might well have done with all hope centered in just one plane, I should still be trying to pay back my obligations.

I should be sorry if I only entertained them, I wish to make them better.

The greatest gifts you can give your children are the roots of responsibility and the wings of independence.