Why Can't People Just Sit And Read

All You Have To Do [to Win A Pulitzer Prize] Is Spend Your Life Running From One Awful Place To Another, Write About Every Horrible Thing You See. The Civilized World Reads About It, Then Forgets It, But Pats You On The Head For Doing It And Gives You A Reward As Appreciation For Changing Nothing.

As My Father Wrote, One's Courage, Hope, And Spirit Can Be Severely Tried By The Happenstance Of Life. But As I Learned On This Virginia Mountain, So Long As One Never Loses Faith, It Is Impossible To Ever Truly Be Alone.

Because Life Doesn't Work That Way. You Can Do Everything Perfectly. Do Everything You Think You're Supposed To Be Doing. Fulfill Every Expectation That Other People May Have. And You Still Won't Get The Results You Think You Deserve. Life Is Crazy And Maddening And Often Makes No Sense.

Why Waste Time Trying To Discover The Truth, When You Can So Easily Create It?

As A Lawyer, As A Private Citizen, You See A Lot Of Injustice. You See A Lot Of People Who Should Have Been Punished And Are Not, And People Who Were Punished Wrongfully Are Not Vindicated. Fiction Is Sort Of A Way To Set The Record Straight, And Let People At Least Believe That Justice Can Be Achieved And The Right Outcomes Can Occur.