I Will Be Brave, Thought

Life Was So Short; So Many Beautiful Things Slipped Away.

I Always Go To The Agriculture Building, Where They Make Apple Cider Popsicles For A Dollar.

[a Businessmen In Plane After 911] Asked Me, "what Are You Working On Now?" And I Said I Was Writing A Story About A Mouse Who Tries To Save A Princess. I Was Mortified. Here The World Is Falling Down Around Us, And I'm Trying To Tell The Story About A Mouse Who Saves A Princess. I Said "it Doesn't Matter At All Now."

But Let's Not Speak Of What Might Have Been. Let Us Speak Instead Of What Is. You Are Whole.

We [me And Alison Mcghee] Probably Wouldn't Have Said That When We Were Writing The Stories, But It Is So Apparent To Me In The Finished Product. For Me, Looking At Bink, It's Like Looking At Myself On The Page In A Way That I've Never Experienced With Any Other Book That I've Written.