I Want All My Books To Provoke

Most Writers Adore Their Editors, And I'm No Exception.

God Bless Interlibrary Loan. I Pay A Lot Of Library Fines. In The Case Of 'a Single Shard,' I Was Using Books That Hadn't Been Checked Out In 30 Years, So I Didn't Feel Too Bad.

What I Like Most: Reading Well-written Sources That Take Me To Another World For Hours At A Time - And Being Able To Call That Work! Also, Of Course, Finding A Gem Of Information That Is Either Exactly What I Was Looking For, Or Else Fits Perfectly Into The Story In Some Way.

I Want All My Books To Provoke Some Kind Of Response In The Reader, To Make Them Think Something Or Feel Something Or Both, And For That To Become A Part Of Them And Work Into Their Own Lives.

You Burn The Paper, But Not The Words. You Silence The Words, But Not The Thoughts. You Kill The Thoughts Only If You Kill The Man. And You Will Find That His Thoughts Rise Again In The Minds Of Others - Twice As Strong As Before.