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...these Stories Are A Kind Of Beacon. By Making Stories Full Of Empathy And Amusement And The Sheer Pleasure Of Discovering The World, These Writers Reassert The Fact That We Live In A World Where Joy And Empathy And Pleasure Are All Around Us, There For The Noticing.

I Wish Somebody Had Given Me The News That Ideas Don't Just Fall On Your Head Like Fairy Dust. You Have To Treat That Like A Job. You Have To Spend Hours Each Day, Where You're Just Like, 'this Is The Part Of The Day When I'm Looking For An Idea.'

I Didnt Have Any Particular Talent For Fiction. I Took A Class In College.

Everything Is More Compelling When You Talk Like A Human Being, When You Talk Like Yourself.

But You Can Make Good Radio, Interesting Radio, Great Radio Even, Without An Urgent Question, A Burning Issue At Stake.