Nationality Isn't Soul.

You Can't Eat Language But It Eases Thirst.

When I Don't Feel Hurt, I Hope They Bury Me.

If The Stories Come, You Get Them Written, You're On The Right Track. Eventually Everyone Learns His Or Her Own Best Way. The Real Mystery To Crack Is You.

Somewhere I Put It This Way: First Drafts Are For Learning What One’s Fiction Wants Him To Say. Revision Works With That Knowledge To Enlarge And Enhance An Idea, To Reform It. Revision Is One Of The Exquisite Pleasures Of Writing.

How Can We Be Strangers If We Both Believe In God?