All writers, I think, are to one extent or another, damaged people. Writing is our way of repairing ourselves.

I wear tweed jackets and button-down shirts. I am a 1955 graduate of Harvard University who drives a 1968 Mercedes.

All writers, I think, are to one extent or another, damaged people. Writing is our way of repairing ourselves.

If the noun is good and the verb is strong, you almost never need an adjective.

I firmly believe that any good journalist must essentially be temperamentally an outsider. I don't think full sense of belonging and security is conducive to creativity.