the writer is initially set going by literature more than by life.

We are not judged by what we are basically. We are judged by how hard we use what we have been given. Success means nothing to the Lord.

A story is a way to say something that can’t be said any other way, and it takes every word in the story to say what the meaning is.

Only if we are secure in our beliefs can we see the comical side of the universe.

Her name was Maude and she drank whisky all day from a fruit jar under the counter.

It is popular to believe that in order to see clearly one must believe nothing. This may work well enough if you are observing cells under a microscope. It will not work if you are writing fiction. For the fiction writer, to believe nothing is to see nothing.

If you don't hunt it down and kill it, it will hunt you down and kill you.