To be a man, a boy must see a man

Write every day; never give up; it's supposed to be difficult; try to find some pleasure and reward in the act of writing, because you can't look for praise from editors, readers, or critics. In other words, tips that are much easier to give than to take.

History is the narrative of people searching for a place to go.

Your best is whatever you can do comfortably without having a breakdown.

I began dividing life in absolutes... Things and people were either perfectly bad, or perfectly good, and when life didn't obey this black-and-white rule, when things or people were complex or contradictory, I pretended otherwise. I turned every defeat into a disaster, every success into an epic triumph, and separated all people into heroes or villains. Unable to bear ambiguity, I built a barricade of delusions against it.

To be a man, a boy must see a man

Beer is amazing. Nutritional. Medicinal. A beverage, but also a meal.