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There Is A Terrible Sameness To The Euphoria Of Alcohol And The Euphoria Of Metaphor.

That's The Way I Remember Them, Heading For An Exit.

I Can't Write Without A Reader. It's Precisely Like A Kiss - You Can't Do It Alone.

For Me A Page Of Good Prose Is Where One Hears The Rain. A Page Of Good Prose Is When One Hears The Noise Of Battle.... A Page Of Good Prose Seems To Me The Most Serious Dialogue That Well-informed And Intelligent Men And Women Carry On Today In Their Endeavor To Make Sure That The Fires Of This Planet Burn Peaceably.

A Collection Of Short Stories Is Generally Thought To Be A Horrendous Clinker; An Enforced Courtesy For The Elderly Writer Who Wants To Display The Trophies Of His Youth, Along With His Trout Flies.