You Have To Simply Love Writing, And

I Am Dismayed To Realize That Much Of The Advice I Used To Parcel Out To Aspiring Writers Has Passed Its Sell-by Date.

Living In A Rural Setting Exposes You To So Many Marvelous Things - The Natural World And The Particular Texture Of Small-town Life, And The Exhilarating Experience Of Open Space.

My Inspiration Is Really Very Simple: I'm Struck By Things That I Want To Know More About. I Really Do React Just As A Curious Person: Who Is This Person? What's The Story Behind This Situation? Why Do People Like This Or Dislike This Thing?

An Ordinary Life Examined Closely Reveals Itself To Be Exquisite And Complicated And Exceptional, Somehow Managing To Be Both Heroic And Plain.

Writing About Fashion Forces You To Overcome The Nagging Feeling That Fashion Doesn't "matter", That It's Trivial Or Fleeting. I Just Look At It Anthropologically, Which Is Different From The Way I'd Write About Art.