Learn To Write By Writing

Whenever I Saw Her, I Felt Like I Had Been Living In Another Country, Doing Moderately Well In Another Language, And Then She Showed Up Speaking English And Suddenly I Could Speak With All The Complexity And Nuance That I Hadn't Realized Was Gone. With Lucy I Was A Native Speaker.

Sometimes Not Having Any Idea Where We’re Going Works Out Better Than We Could Possibly Have Imagined.

Maybe There Would Be A Bad Outcome For Some Of The Others, But No One Was Going To Shoot A Soprano.

The Hardest Piece Of Nonfiction I Ever Wrote Isn't Anywhere Close To The Easiest Piece Of Fiction I Never Wrote.

Reading Fiction Not Only Develops Our Imagination And Creativity, It Gives Us The Skills To Be Alone. It Gives Us The Ability To Feel Empathy For People We've Never Met, Living Lives We Couldn't Possibly Experience For Ourselves, Because The Book Puts Us Inside The Character's Skin.