I wanted to read immediately. The only fear was that of books coming to an end.

I believe in it, and I trust it too and treasure it above everything, the personal, the personal, the personal! I put my faith in it not only as the source, the ground of meaning in art, in life, but as the meaning itself.

Great fiction shows us not how to conduct our behavior but how to feel. Eventually, it may show us how to face our feelings and face our actions and to have new inklings about what they mean. A good novel of any year can initiate us into our own new experience.

One place understood helps us understand all places better

Long before I wrote stories, I listened for stories.

The excursion is the same when you go looking for your sorrow as when you go looking for your joy.

Location pertains to feelings - feelings are bound up in place.