when i reached the bottom, i finally understood what Guthrie meant when he shouted, "LIBERO!" It was a celebration of being alive

What exactly did people do when they had all the time in the world and could do whatever they liked?

You know, maybe that's all anybody wants, is to be useful. And have somebody else notice it.

Maybe it was the same with people: if you studied them,you'd see new and different things. But would you like what you saw? Did it depend on who was doing the looking?

It wasn't that I was stupid ... It was just that there didn't seem to be a lot to say that someone wasn't already saying.

Don’t be in too much of a rush to be published. There is enormous value in listening and reading and writing—and then putting your words away for weeks or months–and then returning to your work to polish it some more.

When I read good stories, I want to write good stories too.