The difference between perseverance and obstinacy is that one comes from a strong will, and the other from a strong won’t.

The things we admire in men, kindness and generosity, openness, honesty, understanding and feeling, are the concomitants of failure in our system. And those traits we detest, sharpness, greed, acquisitiveness, meanness, egotism and self-interest, are the traits of success.

The best way to predict the future is to create it

A novel is not just a story; it is a mirror held up to society.

A story is a way of understanding the other.