I Have A Reputation For Being Hermitlike.

I Think It's Possible To Be Multi-rooted, Rather Like A Banyan Tree, Without Being Deracinated.

Revision Has Its Own Peculiar Pleasures And Its Own Peculiar Frustrations. The Ground Rules Are Already Established; The Characters Already Exist. You Don't Have To Bring The Characters To Life, But You Do Have To Make Them More Convincing.

You Can Talk Good Ideas Out Of Existence.

I Think Goodness Is About How Person Behaves To Person, And Also Person To World, To Nature.

Think Of Many Things. Never Place Your Happiness In One Person's Power. Be Just To Yourself.