If It Was As Logical As That,

If It Was As Logical As That, I Wouldn't Continue To Feel As Bad As I Do. I Know What You're Saying, And You're Absolutely Right In A Way. But Logic And Rationality Only Go So Far. Then You Know What Happens? Ha! Then Your Heart Adds Its Two Cents And Everything Reasonable Goes Right-out-the-window.

The Angel Said, "i Like Black-and-white Films More Than Color Because They're More Artificial. You Have To Work Harder To Overcome Your Disbelief. It's Sort Of Like Prayer.

The Viennese Wash Everything. Where Else In The World Does The Government Hire Public Servants To Wash Public Telephone Booths And The Glass Over Traffic Lights? Every Time I See Someone Doing These Things, I Smile Like A Child.

A Short Story Is A Sprint, A Novel Is A Marathon. Sprinters Have Seconds To Get From Here To There And Then They Are Finished. Marathoners Have To Carefully Pace Themselves So That They Don't Run Out Of Energy (or In The Case Of The Novelist-- Ideas) Because They Have So Far To Run. To Mix The Metaphor, Writing A Short Story Is Like Having A Short Intense Affair, Whereas Writing A Novel Is Like A Long Rich Marriage.

I Find You Write With One Person In Mind. Usually For Me That One Person Is My Wife, Because She's My Most Severe Critic And Understands Best What I'm Trying To Do.