Only Professional Diplomats, Inveterate Idiots

I Can Write Pretty Much Anywhere.

I Got A Rejection Letter From An Editor At Harpercollins, Who Included A Report From His Professional Reader. This Report Shredded My First-born Novel, Laughed At My Phrasing, Twirled My Lacy Pretensions Around And Gobbed Into The Seething Mosh Pit Of My Stolen Clichés. As I Read The Report, The World Became Very Quiet And Stopped Rotating. What Poisoned Me Was The Fact That The Report's Criticisms Were All Absolutely True. The Sound Of My Landlady Digging In The Garden Got The World Moving Again. I Slipped The Letter Into The Trash... Knowing I'd Remember Every Word.

I Can't Bear Living In This Huge Beautiful World And Not Try To Imitate It As Best I Can.

A Half-read Book Is A Half-finished Love Affair.

Mother Used To Say Escape Is Never Further Than The Nearest Book.