There is more magic in sin if it is not committed.
The profoundly humorous writers are humorous because they are responsive to the hopeless, uncouth, concatenations of life.
A natural New Yorker is a native of the present tense.
It's all in the art. You get no credit for living.
A touch of science, even bogus science, gives an edge to the superstitious tale.
The novel...creates a bemusing effect. The short story, on the other hand wakes the reader up. Not only that, it answers the primitive craving for art, the wit, paradox and beauty of shape, the longing to see a dramatic pattern and significance in our experience.