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

What if all everybody needed in the world was to be sure of one friend? What if you were the one, and you refused to say those simple words?

I can be glib and truthful all at once.

He looks like he could be taken in a fight. Not by me, but by somebody. Not anyone in Humanities, probably.

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

People often ask me how I make things funny. I don't make things funny.

You can be interested in a Jane Smiley novel whether or not anyone says a word. She enters into her characters thoughts with great understanding and depth.