"A writer should be able to open a window or two for others to see the world and themselves in a new light. Anything less is just self–indulgence and intellectual masturbation."

"It has come to be practically a sort of rule in literature that a man having once shown himself capable of original writing is entitled thenceforth to steal from the writings of others at discretion."

"My favorite words in the world are these: in conjunction.They question curiosities in simple form and function. Is a query of broadest scope. Is wonder that fuels all hope.Together they lasso the mind like rope, and spur the wildest deductions!"

"The twelve jurors were all writing very busily on the slates. 'What are they doing?' Alice whispered to the Gryphon. 'They can't have anything to put down yet, before the trial's begun.'They're putting down their names,' the Gryphon whispered in reply, 'for fear they should forget them before the end of the trial."