If you haven't surprised yourself, you haven't written.
I think that as you learn more about writing you learn to be direct.
The events in our lives happen in a sequence in time, but in their significance to ourselves they find their own order the continuous thread of revelation.
I wanted to read immediately. The only fear was that of books coming to an end.
Reading Chekhov was just like the angels singing to me.
Never think you've seen the last of anything.