Much Of The Activity We Think Of

I Work Continuously Within The Shadow Of Failure. For Every Novel That Makes It To My Publisher's Desk, There Are At Least Five Or Six That Died On The Way. And Even With The Ones I Do Finish, I Think Of All The Ways They Might Have Been Better.

The Race Of Children Possesses Magically Sagacious Powers.

During The Act Of Writing I Have Told Myself Something That I Didn't Know I Knew.

Some Things Arrive In Their Own Mysterious Hour, On Their Own Terms And Not Yours, To Be Seized Or Relinquished Forever.

Much Of The Activity We Think Of As Writing Is, Actually, Getting Ready To Write.