Prufrock had measured out his life with measuring spoons; Dubin, in books resurrecting the lives of others.
Teach yourself to work in uncertainty.
Where to look if you've lost your mind?
It's one thing for a man not to know, not to have learned; it's another not to be able to live by what one does know.
How can we be strangers if we both believe in God?
You write by sitting down and writing. There's no particular time or place—you suit yourself, your nature. How one works, assuming he's disciplined, doesn't matter.