All Agreed That Quickset Was

-i'm Trying To Make Myself Invisible. -that's An Odd Thing To Attempt.

The Muse In Charge Of Fantasy Wears Good, Sensible Shoes. No Foam-born Aphrodite, She Vaguely Resembles My Old Piano Teacher, Who Was Keen On Metronomes.

Favorite Books And Authors While Growing Up - I'd Need A Book To List Them All. For The Sake Of Brevity: Shakespeare, Dickens, Mark Twain, Victor Hugo, World's Mythology, The Arthurian Legends. And The Unabridged Dictionary. And They're Still My Favorites. They Get Better Each Time I Read Them.

My Family Pleaded With Me To Forget Literature And Do Something Sensible, Such As Find Some Sort Of Useful Work.

Life's A Forge - Yes, And Hammer And Anvil, Too. You'll Be Roasted, Smelted, And Pounded, And You'll Scarce Know What's Happening To You. But Stand Proudly To It. Metal's Worthless Till It Is Shaped And Tempered. More Labor Than Luck. Face The Pounding, Don't Fear The Proving; And You'll Stand Well Against Any Hammer And Anvil.