I Guess My Writing Has Changed As

Mel Thought Real Love Was Nothing Less Than Spiritual Love. He'd Said He'd Spent Five Years In A Seminary Before Quitting To Go To Medical School. He Said He Still Looked Back On Those Years In The Seminary As The Most Important Years Of His Life.

Writers Will Be Judged By What They Write.

The Places Where Water Comes Together With Other Water. Those Places Stand Out In My Mind Like Holy Places.

The Smooth Stones You Pick Up And Examine Under The Moon's Light Have Been Made Blue From The Sea. Next Morning When You Pull Them From Your Trouser Pocket, They Are Still Blue.

My Circumstances Of Unrelieved Responsibility And Permanent Distraction Necessitated The Short Story Form.