It's Good When Food Tastes

Memory Is Like Fiction; Or Else It's Fiction That's Like Memory.

I'm Not A Fast Thinker, But Once I Am Interested In Something, I Am Doing It For Many Years.

This Place Is Too Calm, Too Natural--too Complete. I Don't Deserve It. At Least Not Yet.

Good Style Happens In One Of Two Ways: The Writer Either Has An Inborn Talent Or Is Willing To Work Herself To Death To Get It.

I Wrote A Huge Number Of Letters That Spring: One A Week To Naoko, Several To Reiko, And Several More To Midori. I Wrote Letters In The Classroom, I Wrote Letters At My Desk At Home With Seagull In My Lap, I Wrote Letters At Empty Tables During My Breaks At The Italian Restaurant. It Was As If I Were Writing Letters To Hold Together The Pieces Of My Crumbling Life.