Old paint on canvas, as it ages, sometimes becomes transparent. When that happens it is possible, in some pictures, to see the original lines: a tree will show through a woman's dress, a child makes way for a dog, a large boat is no longer on an open sea. That is called pentimento because the painter 'repented', changed his mind. Perhaps it would be as well to say that the old conception, replaced by a later choice, is a way of seeing and then seeing again.

Freedom costs you a great deal.

If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers talking about writing or themselves.

You are what you are. It is my opinion that trouble in the world comes from people who do not know what they are, and pretend to be something they're not.

Writers talk too much.

People change and forget to tell each other.

Courtesy is breeding. Breeding is an excellent thing. Always remember that.