Fiction is experimentation; when it ceases to be that, it ceases to be fiction.
The constants that I look for are a love of light and a determination to trace some moral chain of being.
I dream that my face appears on a postage stamp.
For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain and the noise of battle. It has the power to give grief or universality that lends it a youthful beauty.
The short story is the literature of the nomad.
Fear tastes like a rusty knife and do not let her into your house. Courage tastes of blood. Stand up straight. Admire the world. Relish the love of a gentle woman.