I do know where I'm going and it's just a matter of finding the language to get there.

Just when you begin thinking of yourself as memorable, you run into someone who can't even remember having met you

Half my life is an act of revision; more than half the act is performed with small changes.

There's no reason you shouldn't, as a writer, not be aware of the necessity to revise yourself constantly.

Never confuse faith, or belief — of any kind — with something even remotely intellectual.

Don’t you understand?” he would say, “You imagine the story better than I remember it.

Half my life is an act of revision.