Are all your stars shining?

You don't have to think too hard when you talk to teachers.

Are all your stars shining?

There's a marvelous peace in not publishing, there's a stillness. When you publish, the world thinks you owe something. If you don't publish, they don't know what you're doing. You can keep it for yourself.

I'm quite illiterate, but I read a lot.

I am a kind of paranoid in reverse. I suspect people of plotting to make me happy.

That's the whole trouble. When you're feeling very depressed, you can't even think.