We are at the mercy of time, and for all the ways we are remembered, a sea of things will be lost. But how much is contained in what lingers!
I'm always telling my students, don't - don't worry so much third person, first person. It doesn't make that much difference.
A good writer sells out everybody he knows, sooner or later.
A book tour is, first and foremost, an exercise in humility.
Guilt is glorious when it's well earned.
It now appears that the world is filled with people who believe that everyone should be interested in everything they have to say about anything - people who tweet, you might call them. I find this so astonishing, my own hubris pales in comparison.