Reading Was Like Eating Alone, With That

I’ve Always Found That The Better The Book I’m Reading, The Smarter I Feel, Or, At Least, The More Able I Am To Imagine That I Might, Someday, Become Smarter.

I Wrote About Four Novels Before I Wrote A Word Of Journalism.

The Mystery Of Death, The Riddle Of How You Could Speak To Someone And See Them Every Day And Then Never Again, Was So Impossible To Fathom That Of Course We Kept Trying To Figure It Out, Even When We Were Unconscious.

If We Want To Write, It Makes Sense To Read—and To Read Like A Writer. If We Wanted To Grow Roses, We Would Want To Visit Rose Gardens And Try To See Them The Way That A Rose Gardener Would.

I Went Through College In The 1960s Without Having Any Idea That I Was Going To Have To Make A Living. When I Graduated In 1968 It Was Quite A Shock To Find Out That There Was A World Out There And That It Wasnt Going To Support Me.