The greatest obstacle to being heroic is the doubt whether one may not be going to prove one's self a fool; the truest heroism is to resist the doubt; and the profoundest wisdom, to know when it ought to be resisted, and when it be obeyed.
"A children's story that can only be enjoyed by children is not a good children's story in the slightest."
"A novel is a conversation between the writer and the reader, across time and space."
The best way to predict the future is to create it.