I Grew Up In A Small Place

The Only Lies For Which We Are Truly Punished Are Those We Tell Ourselves.

I've Been A Free Man.

There Are Two Ways Of Talking. One Is The Easy Way, Where You Talk Lightly, And The Other One Is The Considered Way. The Considered Way Is What I Have Put My Name To.

I Wish My Prose To Be Transparent—i Don't Want The Reader To Stumble Over Me; I Want Him To Look Through What I'm Saying To What I'm Describing. I Don't Want Him Ever To Say, Oh, Goodness, How Nicely Written This Is. That Would Be A Failure.

If It Was Europe That Gave Us On The Coast Some Idea Of Our History, It Was Europe, I Feel, That Also Introduced Us To The Lie.