History shows that the majority of people that have done anything great have passed their youth in seclusion.

Nothing is more terrible than activity without insight.

Nothing that was worthy in the past departs; no truth or goodness realized by man ever dies, or can die.

In books lies the soul of the whole past time.

There are lots of people who mistake their imagination for their memory.

A good writer cannot avoid having social consciousness. I don't mean this about small pieces of writing, but about a big book. If it's a big book, there has to be more than one undertow.

My favorite literature to read is fairly dry history. I like the framework, and my imagination can do the rest.

A lot of my business is about protecting creativity.