In yourself right now is all the place you've got.
The writer should never be ashamed of staring. There is nothing that does not require his attention.
Unadaptability is often a virtue.
I am a writer because writing is the thing I do best.
The mind serves best when it's anchored in the Word of God. There is no danger then of becoming an intellectual without integrity.
So many people can now write competent stories that the short story is in danger of dying of competence.