I Think That In Order To Write

Living The Past Is A Dull And Lonely Business; Looking Back Strains The Neck Muscles, Causing You To Bump Into People Not Going Your Way.

It's Difficult To Write A Really Good Short Story Because It Must Be A Complete And Finished Reflection Of Life With Only A Few Words To Use As Tools. There Isn't Time For Bad Writing In A Short Story.

Only Amateurs Say That They Write For Their Own Amusement. Writing Is Not An Amusing Occupation. It Is A Combination Of Ditch-digging, Mountain-climbing, Treadmill And Childbirth. Writing May Be Interesting, Absorbing, Exhilarating, Racking, Relieving. But Amusing? Never!

No One In The United States Has The Right To Own Millions Of Acres Of American Land, I Don't Care How They Came By It.

People Permit Life To Slide Past Them Like A Deft Pickpocket, Their Purse-not Yet Missed And Now Too Late-in His Hand.