Politics Isn't In My Nature.

The Great Thing About Writing: Stay With It ... Ultimately You Teach Yourself Something Very Important About Yourself.

Of Course It Would Cost Something, But He Was An Expert In Cutting Corners; And When There Were No More Corners Left He Would Make Circles Rounder.

Prufrock Had Measured Out His Life With Measuring Spoons; Dubin, In Books Resurrecting The Lives Of Others.

First Drafts Are For Learning What Your Novel Or Story Is About. Revision Is Working With That Knowledge To Enlarge And Enhance An Idea, To Re-form It.... The First Draft Of A Book Is The Most Uncertain-where You Need Guts, The Ability To Accept The Imperfect Until It Is Better.

I Fix What's Broken - Except In The Heart.