I Can't Write The Book I Want

Staying Within The World Of A Novel Gives Us The Ability To Be Quiet And Alone, Two Skills That Are Disappearing Faster Than The Polar Icecaps.

You Can't Be A Good Person When You're Writing And A Bad Person To Your Husband Or A Bad Friend. You Can't Be A Jerk In Order To Be A Good Writer. You Can't Say, "i'm Too Busy Writing To Be Political." You Are One Person. You Are The Same Person In Every Aspect Of Your Life, And You Have To Be A Responsible Person In Every Aspect Of Your Life.

I Think The Best Vacation Is The One That Relieves Me Of My Own Life For A While And Then Makes Me Long For It Again.

That Was The Way Things Worked. When You Were Looking For The Big Fight, The Moment That You Thought Would Knock Everything Over, Nothing Much Happened At All.

Even Though I Didn't Know I Was Applying For The Job, I Have Somehow Become The Spokesperson For Independent Book Stores.