I Once Had The Nerve To Ask

It Takes An Awful Lot Of Time For Me To Write Anything. I Have Endless Drafts, One After Another; And I Try Out 50, 75, Or A Hundred Variations On A Single Line Sometimes. I Work On The Process Of Refining Low-grade Ore. I Get Maybe A Couple Of Nu Ggets Of Gold Out Of 50 Tons Of Dirt. It Is Tough For Me. No, I Am Not Inspired.

Find Out What You Do Best, And Then Don't Do It.

I Want You To Hear A New Version Of Dueling Banjos. Anyone Else Is Welcome.

Those That Are Huntedknow This As Their Life,their Reward: To Walkunder Such Trees In Full Knowledgeof What Is In Glory Above Them,and To Feel No Fear.

The Women Of The South Have Brought Into American Literature A Unique Mixture Of Domesticity And Grotesquerie.