A piece of writing is the product of a series of explosions in the mind.

The first thing a writer has to do is find a new source of income.

A piece of writing is the product of a series of explosions in the mind.

How often I have tried to tell writing students that the first thing a writer must do is love the reader and wish the reader well. The writer must trust the reader to be at least as intelligent as he is. Only in such well wishing and trust, only when the writer feels he is writing a letter to a good friend, only then will the magic happen.

All you have to do to educate a child is leave him alone and teach him to read. The rest is brainwashing.

My main home is in Fayetteville, Arkansas, a college town in the Ozark Mountains. I live on the highest hill in a quiet cul-de-sac, surrounded by friends.

Cuddle up. Rain always stops. It always stops. It always does.