All you need to do is write truly and not care about what the fate of it is.

The fun of talk is to explore, but much of it and all that is irresponsible should not be written. Once written you have to stand by it. You may have said it to see whether you believed it or not.

Why did they make birds so delicate and fine as those sea swallows when the ocean can be so cruel?

When we came back to Paris it was clear and cold and lovely.

I think you should learn about writing from everybody who has ever written that has anything to teach you

Rereading places you at the point where it has to go on, knowing it is as good as you can get it up to there. There is always juice somewhere.

It's harder to write in the third person but the advantage is you move around better.