Thereโs only one subject for fiction or poetry or even a joke: how it is. In all the arts, the payoff is always the same: recognition. If it works, you say thatโs real, thatโs truth, thatโs life, thatโs the way things are. โThere it is.โ
Robert StoneI start early in the morning. I'm usually out in the woods with the dog as soon as it gets light; then I drink a whole lot of tea and start as early as I can, and I go as long as I can.
Robert StoneIf you couldn't tell the difference between what hurt and what didn't, you had no business being alive. You can't have any good times if you can't tell.
Robert Stone