Overnight business could go down enough to hurt; yet as a rule it slowly recovered-sometimes it seemed to take forever-went up, not high enough to be really up, only not down.

Those who write about life, reflect about life. you see in others who you are.

Politics isn't in my nature.

Of course it would cost something, but he was an expert in cutting corners; and when there were no more corners left he would make circles rounder.

First drafts are for learning what your story is about.

A writer is a spectator, looking at everything with a highly critical eye.

Writing is a mode of being. If I write I live.