Angry contradiction of the patriarch is not creativity; it's delinquency calling for attention. Difference for the sake of difference is as empty an achievement as slavishly following the commercial imperative.

The mark of a master is to select only a few moments, but give us a lifetime.

Story is about originality, not duplication

Stories are the creative conversion of life itself into a more powerful, clearer, more meaningful experience. They are the currency of human contact.

We rarely know where we are going; writing is a discovery.

Most of life's actions are within our reach, but decisions take willpower.

Of all the reasons for wanting to write, the only one that nurtures us through time is love of the work itself.