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The Fact Is That Everything I Have In My Pockets Is Carefully Chosen So I’ll Always Be Prepared. Everything Is There So I Can Be At An Advantage At The Moment Of Truth. Actually, That’s Not Accurate. Everything’s There So I Won’t Be At A Disadvantage At The Moment Of Truth.

There Were Lots Of Lies Along The Way In Life. Lies Without Arms, Lies That Were Ill, Lies That Did Harm, Lies That Could Kill. Lies On Foot, Or Behind The Wheel, Black-tie Lies, And Lies That Could Steal.

I Write What Needs To Be Written The Way That Seems Genuinely Right. If What Comes Out Of It Are Stories, Then It Is My Vocation To Believe In Them And In The Fact That They'll Interest People And Maybe Affect Their Lives.

If You Scare Somebody Enough, They Stop Being Rational.

I Often Give This Metaphor Where I Say That Writing Short Fiction Is Like Surfing, While Writing A Novel Is Like Navigating With Your Car. So When You Navigate With Your Car, You Want To Get Somewhere. When You Surf, You Don't Want To Get Somewhere, You Just Don't Want To Fall Off Your Board.