A touch of science, even bogus science, gives an edge to the superstitious tale.
It's all in the art. You get no credit for living.
How extraordinary it is that one feels most guilt about the sins one is unable to commit.
The profoundly humorous writers are humorous because they are responsive to the hopeless, uncouth, concatenations of life.
A short story is. . .frequently the celebration of character at bursting point.
It is the role of the poet to look at what is happening in the world and to know that quite other things are happening.