I Am Not A Perfect Friend, And

People Always Think Their World Is Coming To An End If They're Exposed, And Of Course It Isn't Coming To An End; It Goes Right On Exactly The Way It Always Was.

I Don't Really Think It Comes As A Shock To Every Writer If Somebody In Their Family Is Mad At Them. Yes, It's Very Upsetting. But It's Inherent In The Process Of Trying To Make Sense Of One's Life, Which Is What I Think Is Perhaps At The Bottom Of Writing At All.

You Have To Be A Lover Of Books Without Expecting More Of Them Than They Give - A Little Pleasure, A Little Insight, A Moment Of Escape, A Deepening Of Your Own Humanity. Not Much Else.

I've Told The Same Story Twelve Different Ways, But I Think That's Just Part Of What Writers Do. Once May Not Be Enough.

You Really Can't Say Things That Upset Someone In Print And Expect Them To Be Nice And Leave You Their Money. That's Just Not Reasonable.