The Question Any Novel Is Really Trying

E.b. White's Essays Are The Best Things I've Read About Maine - Especially The One In Which He's Not Sure If He Can Go Out Sailing Any More In His Sloop.

There's Something Paralyzing About Being A Writer That You Have To Escape. I Don't Want To Think Of Myself As A Guy Who's Written A Bunch Of Books. The 26 Letters Distance Us From Our Own Hesitations And They Make Us Sound As If We Know What We're Doing. We Know Grammar, We Know Prose, But Actually We're All Just Struggling In The Dark, Really.

I No Longer Want To Live In An Apartment Furnished With Forklifts And Backhoes.

Rarely Do Pens Go Dry In Restaurants.

I'm Often Called Obsessive, But I Don't Think I Am Any More Than Anyone Else.