I was no longer, if I had ever been, afraid to die: I was now afraid not to die.
When I'm working on a book, I constantly retype my own sentences. Every day I go back to page one and just retype what I have. It gets me into a rhythm.
Innocence ends when one is stripped of the delusion that one likes oneself.
Lancaster, California ... that promised land sometimes called 'the west coast of Iowa.
To cure jealousy is to see it for what it is, a dissatisfaction with self.
The minute you start putting words on paper you're eliminating possibilities.