I'll write about California someday, I imagine, but I don't know when.

I think the voice can carry a story.

I'll write about California someday, I imagine, but I don't know when.

I believe that we can access stories, and voices from those around us, more easily often than from our own imperfect memories.

I'm always relearning things I thought I'd learned for good a while back.

One good thing the teaching has given me is the ability to read and revise my own work.

I think the second, or outsider's, perspective can come as you layer a story. It's as though you've grabbed a secondary character and asked them, "What do you make of this guy?" and the hope is that the answer surprises you as the writer.