The knowledge that my discriminations are skewed and not always universally desirable doesn't stop me in the least from making them.

Why am I attracted to all these lying quotes all of a sudden? Here’s another one. This one by Phillip Lopate: ‘(Children know it better than adults) that in telling a lie, fidelity is everything.’

Have fun writing, because it enhances both the writer's and reader's experience.

... I vowed that I would always respect the right of an individual to kill himself. Whether suicide was a moral or immoral act I no longer felt sure, but of the dignity of its intransigence I was convinced.

The knowledge that my discriminations are skewed and not always universally desirable doesn't stop me in the least from making them.

A personal essay often includes some or a lot of personal confession. That makes the reader feel less lonely in their confusion and darkness.

My wife and daughter have accused me of being too silent at breakfast but I don't want to talk when I don't have much to say.