Reading - the best state yet to keep absolute loneliness at bay.

I thought there's something to be said for honor in this world where there doesn't seem to be any honor left. I thought that maybe happiness wasn't really anything more than the knowledge of a life well spent, in spite of whatever immediate discomfort you had to undergo, and that if a life well spent meant compromises and conciliations and reconciliations, and suffering at the hands of the person you love, well then better that than live without honor.

What I really mean is that a great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading it.

A great book should leave you with many experiences, and slightly exhausted at the end. You live several lives while reading.

I get a fine warm feeling when I'm doing well, but that pleasure is pretty much negated by the pain of getting started each day. Let's face it, writing is hell.

I think that one of the compelling themes of fiction is this confrontation between good and evil.

In the absence of hope we must still struggle to survive, and so we do-by the skin of our teeth.