Teaching writing puts you on the point of a pin in terms of what you want your own writing to be.

Teaching writing puts you on the point of a pin in terms of what you want your own writing to be.

I grew up flying over oceans and moving and sailing.

I sometimes think that we expect too much resolution in this world.

You have to want something or you're finished.

You can sometimes find something good on the other side of doing something very, very painful.

I know perfectly well that you can't not want anything and live.