You Only Grow By Coming

Gender Mattered A Whole Lot Less To Shakespeare Than It Seems To Matter To Us.

Writing A Novel Is Actually Searching For Victims. As I Write I Keep Looking For Casualties. The Stories Uncover The Casualties.

Ambition Robs You Of Your Childhood. The Moment You Want To Become An Adult—in Any Way—something In Your Childhood Dies.

But Writers, Garp Knew, Were Just Observers - Good And Ruthless Imitators Of Human Behavior.

When People Say That German Or Any Other Language Is Romantic... All They Really Mean Is That They've Enjoyed A Past In The Language