I Have Not Been The Witness I

Going Back To California Is Not Like Going Back To Vermont, Or Chicago; Vermont And Chicago Are Relative Constants, Against Which One Measures One's Own Change. All That Is Constant About The California Of My Childhood Is The Rate At Which It Disappears.

We Forget All Too Soon The Things We Thought We Could Never Forget.

Do Not Whine... Do Not Complain. Work Harder. Spend More Time Alone.

Writing Is Always A Way, For Me, Of Coming To Some Sort Of Understanding That I Can't Reach Otherwise.it Forces You To Think. It Forces You To Work The Thing Through. Nothing Comes To Us Out Of The Blue, Very Easily.

We Are The Stories We Tell Ourselves