The Only Way To Keep A Dream,

I'm A Great Believer In Compromise. I Know It's Not Popular Among Young Idealists.

The Only Way To Keep A Dream, Any Dream At All, To Keep A Dream Perfect And Rosy And Intact And Unsullied Is Never To Live It Out.

Donald Trump Basically Said: One State, Two States, Do Whatever You Like. I Do Not Think This Was A Serious Statement Of American Policy. This Was Him Shrugging His Shoulders And Saying: Who Cares About It. I Think He Doesn't Even Have The Faintest Idea Of What He Wants To Do In The Middle East.

In Writing A Novel, The Writer Must Be Able To Identify Emotionally And Intellectually With Two Or Three Or Four Contradicting Perspectives And Give Each Of Them Very A Convincing Voice. It's Like Playing Tennis With Yourself And You Have To Be On Both Sides Of The Yard. You Have To Be On Both Sides, Or All Sides If There Are More Than Two Sides.

Do Not Cut Lose From Your Longings - For What Are We Without Our Longings?