Stories Distribute The Suffering So That It

We Dress Them [children] In The Presumptions Of The World. They Are The Bright Small Face Of Hope. They Are The Last Belief We Have, The Belief In Making Them Believe.

I Have Committed Many Sins In My Life. This Precise Sin-the Sin Against Poets-is Without Absolution.

Planning To Write Is Not Writing. Outlining, Researching, Talking To People About What You're Doing - None Of That Is Writing. Writing Is Writing. Writing Is Like Driving At Night In The Fog. You Can Only See As Far As Your Headlights, But You Can Make The Whole Trip That Way.

It May Be That The Most Avid Readers Of New Fiction In America Today Are Film Producers, An Indication Of The Trouble Were In.

Writers Are Not Just People Who Sit Down And Write. They Hazard Themselves. Every Time You Compose A Book Your Composition Of Yourself Is At Stake.