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Novels, Like Human Beings, Usually Have Their Beginnings In The Dark.

Tragedy Massages The Human Ego Even As Comedy Deflates It. ... Tragedy Pits Us Against Large Foes And The Trip Wire Is Our Own Character. ... In Comedy We Fall Afoul Of One Another. Comedy Depends On Social Life, On Our Behavior In Groups. In Tragedy You Can Observe One Human Against The Gods. In Comedy It's One Human Versus Other Humans And Often One Man (or Woman If I'm Writing It) Against Her Own Worst Impulses.

I Believe You Are Your Work. Don't Trade The Stuff Of Your Life, Time, For Nothing More Than Dollars. That's A Rotten Bargain.

If You Can't Raise Consciousness, At Least Raise Hell.

I Have Changed My Definition Of Tragedy. I Now Think Tragedy Is Not Foul Deeds Done To A Person (usually Noble In Some Manner) But Rather That Tragedy Is Irresolvable Conflict.