Public Libraries Are The Sole Community Centers

For Almost Anyone Who Chooses To Be A Writer, Since So Very Few Writers Are Able To Learn A Living From Their Work That Is Equivalent To The Living Earned By The Average Dentist Or Accountant.

One Of The Most Difficult Things To Say To Another Person Is, 'i Hope That You Will Love Me For No Good Reason.' But It Is What We All Want And Rarely Dare To Say To One Another, To Our Children, To Our Parents And Mates, To Our Friends, And To Strangers, Especially To Strangers Who Have Neither Good, Nor Bad Reasons To Love Us.

The Best Thing About Writing Programs Is That It Rationalized The Apprenticeship Of A Writer.

First Of All It's Usually Women Who Run These Higher Primate Sanctuaries, Rarely Men. They Are White. They Come From Privileged Backgrounds. They Are Educated.

When An Old Man And A Young Man Work Together, It Can Make An Ugly Sight Or A Pretty One, Depending On Who's In Charge. If The Young Man's In Charge Or Won't Let The Old Man Take Over, The Young Man's Brute Strength Becomes Destructive And Inefficient, And The Old Man's Intelligence, Out Of Frustration, Grows Cruel And Inefficient. Sometimes The Old Man Forgets That He Is Old And Tries To Compete With The Young Man's Strength, And Then It's A Sad Sight. Or The Young Man Forgets That He Is Young And Argues With The Old Man About How To Do The Work, And That's A Sad Sight, Too.