Writers will be judged by what they write.

Ralph also took some classes in philosophy and literature and felt himself on the brink of some kind of huge discovery about himself. But it never came.

I am too nervous to eat pie.

Anyone can express himself or herself, but what writers and poets want to do in their work, more than simply express themselves, is communicate.

I think a little menace is fine to have in a story. For one thing, it's good for the circulation.

Dreams, you know, are what you wake up from.

There's literary creation and literary business. When I first got something accepted, it gave my life a validation it didn't otherwise have.