Believe that man will not merely endure; he will prevail.

Caddy got the box and set it on the floor and opened it. It was full of stars. When I was still, they were still. When I moved, they glinted and sparkled. I hushed.

You can't. You just have to.

With me, a story usually begins with a single idea or mental picture. The writing of the story is simply a matter of working up to that moment, to explain why it happened or what caused it to follow.

The best job that was ever offered to me was to become a landlord in a brothel. In my opinion it's the perfect milieu for an artist to work in.

This does not matter. This is not anything yet. It all depends on what you do with it, afterward.

And even a liar can be scared into telling the truth, same as honest man can be tortured into telling a lie.