To Not Be Able To

In A Painting, You Can't Make Out Whether The Artist Painted The Left Eye Before The Right Eye. In Chinese Calligraphy, You Can See The Progression Of The Artist's Stroke.

Revision Has Its Own Peculiar Pleasures And Its Own Peculiar Frustrations. The Ground Rules Are Already Established; The Characters Already Exist. You Don't Have To Bring The Characters To Life, But You Do Have To Make Them More Convincing.

In General, Questions Are Fine; You Can Always Seize Upon The Parts Of Them That Interest You And Concentrate On Answering Those. And One Has To Remember When Answering Questions That Asking Questions Isn't Easy Either, And For Someone Who's Quite Shy To Stand Up In An Audience To Speak Takes Some Courage.

You Know, I Can Imagine Not Writing A Novel And Writing Poetry Only.

To Not Be Able To Love The One You Love Is To Have Your Life Wrenched Away.