"In fiction the story lives the more everyone comes to life, the more each character seems to exist in his or her own right."

“If I die, I'm going to die onstage.”

“I like to have success experiences rather than failure experiences. So I'm more likely to compete in things I'm good at, and more likely to spend time on the things I expect to succeed at.”

“The enlightenment is under threat. So is reason. So is truth. So is science, especially in the schools of America.”

“I love story-writing because I can (more or less, on occasion) actually DO it. That's really the truth. I like the idea that a story is sort of a site for making cool language effects - a site for celebrating language, and, therefore, the world. And the brevity is part of the challenge. I like stories because I get them - I know how to make beauty, or something like beauty, in that mode.”

Source : Source: und.edu

“The Cold War was waged in a particularly brutal and cynical way in Africa, and Africa seemed powerless to do anything to stop it.”

“A little honest swearin' wipeth away anger and bringeth peace to the soul.”

Source : Elmer Kelton (2007). “Lone Star Rising: The Texas Rangers Trilogy”, p.104, Macmillan

“Modern education too often covers the fingers with rings, and at the same time cuts the sinews at the wrist.”

“Water seeks its own level. Look at them. The Tigris, the Euphrates, the Mississippi, the Amazon, the Yangtze. The world's great rivers. And every one of them finds its way to the ocean.”

Source : Alison McGhee (2013). “All Rivers Flow to the Sea”, p.27, Candlewick Press