Quotes from E.L. Konigsburg

Never have a long conversation with anyone who says "between you and I.

Finish. The difference between being a writer and being a person of talent is the discipline it takes to apply the seat of your pants to the seat of your chair and finish. Don't talk about doing it. Do it. Finish.

Sometimes we even have to risk making fools of ourselves.

He learned to read the ocean by a cupful. He also learned to regard each port of call as part of the journey and not as the destination. Every voyage begins when you do.

Five minutes of planning are worth fifteen minutes of just looking.

Silence does for thinking what a suspension bridge does for space -- it makes connections.

There's something nice and safe about having money.

Sometimes it takes more courage to be the passenger than to be the driver.