Alan was one of the first writers of our generation, of great courage and literary skill.

Hollow slogans like "Making your country great again" only lead to one result, collapse.

It takes a special kind of skill and courage to be dragged around the track on skis by two fast horses. With all the snow being kicked up in their faces, it makes the races the greatest snowball fight ever seen.

The good writers touch life often. The mediocre ones run a quick hand over her. The bad ones rape her and leave her for the flies.

Literary critics, however, frequently suffer from a curious belief that every author longs to extend the boundaries of literary art, wants to explore new dimensions of the human spirit, and if he doesn't, he should be ashamed of himself.

A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterwards. -Paul Richter.