I’ve always known that there’s more going on inside me than finds its way into the world, but this is probably true of everyone. Who doesn’t regret that he isn’t more fully understood?

...aware, as always, that the truth isn't much of substitute for a good answer.

I get and read an enormous number of first novels.

I just have this feeling that if it weren't for the Gloversville Free Library that I probably would not be a writer.

A short story is something that I think can be intuited and envisioned and held in your mind almost at once.

What I discovered I liked best about striking out on my bicycle was that the farther I got from home, the more interesting and unusual my thoughts became.

Sleep is over-rated. Have you ever noticed how it's always recommended to people anybody with half a brain can see need to wake up?