I Had Forgotten How Much Light There

Lying Is The Misuse Of Language. We Know That. We Need To Remember That It Works The Other Way Round Too. Even With The Best Intentions, Language Misused, Language Used Stupidly, Carelessly, Brutally, Language Used Wrongly, Breeds Lies, Half-truths, Confusion. In That Sense You Can Say That Grammar Is Morality. And It Is In That Sense That I Say A Writer's First Duty Is To Use Language Well.

Is It The Gods Who Set This Fire In Our Hearts, Or Do We Each Make Our Fierce Desire Into A God?

Nobody Who Says, ‘i Told You So’ Has Ever Been, Or Will Ever Be, A Hero.

When People Say, Did You Always Want To Be A Writer?, I Have To Say No! I Always Was A Writer.

Yet We Were Rescued By That Fancy, And Saved By A Myth.