Then I said something. I said, Suppose, just suppose, nothing had ever happened. Suppose this was for the first time. Just suppose. It doesn't hurt to suppose. Say none of the other had ever happened. You know what I mean? Then what? I said.
You've got to work with your mistakes until they look intended. Understand?
and did you get what you wanted from this life even so? i did.
I've done as many as 20 or 30 drafts of a story. Never less than 10 or 12 drafts.
There is no answer. It's okay. But even if it wasn't okay, what am I supposed to do?
The smooth stones you pick up and examine under the moon's light have been made blue from the sea. Next morning when you pull them from your trouser pocket, they are still blue.