This is awful. I don't know what's going to happen to me or to anyone else in the world.
Raymond CarverIt's strange. You never start out life with the intention of becoming a bankrupt or an alcoholic or a cheat and a thief. Or a liar.
Raymond CarverYou're...writing for other writers to an extent-the dead writers whose work you admire, as well as the living writers you like to read.
Raymond Carver