In the absence of hope we must still struggle to survive, and so we do-by the skin of our teeth.

In the absence of hope we must still struggle to survive, and so we do-by the skin of our teeth.

For a person whose sole burning ambition is to write - like myself - college is useless beyond the Sophomore year.

I'm simply the happiest, the placidest, when I'm writing, and so I suppose that that, for me, is the final answer. ... It's fine therapy for people who are perpetually scared of nameless threats as I am most of the time.

Style comes only have long, hard practice and writing.

I think it's unfortunate to have critics for friends.

Reading - the best state yet to keep absolute loneliness at bay.