That's How A Thing Starts Out Real

Childhood Is The Province Of The Imagination And When I Immerse Myself In It, I Re-create It As It Was, As It Could Have Been, As I Wanted - And Didn't Want - It To Be.

I Used To Think Getting Old Was About Vanity But Actually It's About Losing People You Love.

The Regional Voice Is The Universal Voice.

Her Wish To Die Was As Pervasive As A Dial Tone: You Lift The Receiver, It's Always There.

When Writing Goes Painfully, When It’s Hideously Difficult, And One Feels Real Despair (ah, The Despair, Silly As It Is, Is Real!)–then Naturally One Ought To Continue With The Work; It Would Be Cowardly To Retreat. But When Writing Goes Smoothly–why Then One Certainly Should Keep On Working, Since It Would Be Stupid To Stop. Consequently One Is Always Writing Or Should Be Writing.