Luscious feet that listened to the soil and stole its secrets.

The maimed bodies aren't the worst. That's the easy way to hate war. The safe way. I - hate it just as much for the maimed souls that stay at home.

writing is the loneliest job in the world. There's always that frustrating chasm to bridge between the concept and the writing of it. We're a harassed tribe, we writers.

we dig our graves with our teeth.

I'm not happy when I'm writing, but I'm more unhappy when I'm not.

There is no adequate definition for creative writing, any more than it is possible to describe pain or flavor or color.

The vast army of women seeking divorce are mainly after easy alimony from men they have ceased to love - surely one of the most despicable forms of barter that can exchange human hands.