Forget art. Put your trust in ice cream.

When all the details fit in perfectly, something is probably wrong with the story.

I feel quite at home writing short stories but nervous and anxious when writing novels, as if the bad time of consecutive failures might arise again.

Short story characters, mine anyway, are usually driven by impulse, not so much by their histories and the choices that they have to make.

Try to get your characters into interesting trouble. Allow your characters to misbehave. Let them stay out after 11.

You are a real find and you keep me satisfied, up to a point. After all, I'm a malcontent and you can't change that.

Because it is the Midwest, no one really glitters because no one has to, it's more of a dull shine, like frequently used silverware.