Exhaust the little moment. Soon it dies. And be it gash or gold it will not come again in this identical guise.

I've always thought of myself as a reporter.

We are each other's magnitude and bond.

I've always thought of myself as a reporter. When people ask why I don't stop writing, I say, `Look at what's happening in this world. Every day there's something exciting or disturbing to write about.’ With all that's going on, how could I stop?

Writing is a delicious agony.

We real cool. We Left school. We Lurk late. We Strike straight. We Sing sin. We Thin gin. We Jazz June. We Die soon.

A writer should get as much education as possible, but just going to school is not enough; if it were, all owners of doctorates would be inspired writers.