The best book I read in 2007 was Stoner by John Williams. It’s perhaps the best book I’ve read in years.

That’s why you have to write your book right now, if that’s what you want to do. If you wait until you have the time, and the security, you might not want to do it. You’re in a race against your own enthusiasm. Don’t put it off because someone told you it’s never too late. That’s the worst lie. It’s never too late today, but it’s often too late tomorrow.

The best book I read in 2007 was Stoner by John Williams. It’s perhaps the best book I’ve read in years.

If you never forgive you'll always be alone.

Tom Kealey might be my favorite short story writer and this astonishing collection is long overdue.

A stranger can see in an instant something in you that you might spend years learning about yourself. How awful we all are when we look at ourselves under a light, finally seeing our reflections. How little we know about ourselves. How much forgiveness it must take to love a person, to choose not to see their flaws, or to see those flaws and love the person anyway. If you never forgive you’ll always be alone.

In every book I ever wrote the point was to do as much as you could after coming to terms with your limitations.