I asked a French critic a couple of years ago why my books did so well in France. He said it was because in my novels people both act and think. I got a kick out of that.
In a life properly lived, you're a river.
Yeah, but now suddenly - you know, universities are notoriously market oriented, too.
No one else can hold your hand or take this voyage of the soul for you.
My advice is, do not try to inhabit another's soul. You have your own.
The days are stacked against what we think we are.