Yes, But Also One Of The Problems

I Think Technique Can Be Taught But I Think The Only Way To Learn To Write Is To Read, And I See Writing And Reading As Completely Related. One Almost Couldn't Exist Without The Other.

The Rosary Was Said Every Evening. I Always Liked That Sentence About The Medieval Churches, That They Were The Bibles Of The Poor. The Church Was My First Book And I Would Think It Is Still My Most Important Book.

When I Was In My 20s It Did Occur To Me That There Was Something Perverted About An Attitude That Thought That Killing Somebody Was A Minor Offence Compared To Kissing Somebody.

The Imagination Demands That Life Be Told Slant Because Of Its Need Of Distance.

Yes, Though I Have Nothing But Gratitude For My Upbringing In The Church.