I Suppose All Writers Worry

I Want That Which Is Hilarious And That Which Is Heartbreaking To Occupy The Same Territory In The Book Because I Think They Very Often Occupy The Same Territory In Life, Much As We Try To Separate Them.

Structure Is One Of The Things That I Always Hope Will Reveal Itself To Me.

The Line Of Gray Along The Horizon Is Brighter Now, And With The Coming Light I Feel A Certainty: That There Is, Despite Our Wild Imaginings, Only One Life. The Ghostly Others, No Matter How Real They Seem, No Matter How Badly We Need Them, Are Phantoms. The One Life We're Left With Is Sufficient To Fill And Refill Our Imperfect Hearts With Joy, And Then To Shatter Them. And It Never, Ever Lets Up.

Worse, I Have To Admit To Feeling The Jealousy Of One Crab For Another That Has Managed To Climb Out Of The Barrel.

Ultimately, Your Theme Will Find You. You Don't Have To Go Looking For It.