Fiction shows the external effects of internal conditions. Be aware of the tension between internal and external movement.

Happiness. It comes on unexpectedly. And goes beyond, really, any early morning talk about it.

My circumstances of unrelieved responsibility and permanent distraction necessitated the short story form.

All of us, all of us, all of us trying to save our immortal souls, some ways seemingly more round about and mysterious than others. We are having a good time here. But hope all will be revealed soon.

A little autobiography and a lot of imagination are best.

Remember Haydn's 104 symphonies. Not all of them were great. But there were 104 of them.

there isn't enough of anything as long as we live. But at intervals a sweetness appears and, given a chance prevails.