Emily was feeling the elation of conscientious hosts when they can temporarily escape a ubiquitous houseguest.

Emily was feeling the elation of conscientious hosts when they can temporarily escape a ubiquitous houseguest.

The principle of literature is devotion to the particulars of life.

Apprenticeship is one of the dearest roles of childhood, not just watching Dad or Mother, but being taught a hands-on trade.

Literature has low enough standards. But we can avoid writing the worst literature if we make ourselves ask ourselves, every two or three sentences we write, 'Is that what I really think?'

For a short-story writer, a story is the combination of what the writer supposed the story would likely be about - plus what actually turned up in the course of writing.

An essay is a work of literary art which has a minimum of one anecdote and one universal idea.