[a Writer] Should Try Not To Be

The Short Story Is At An Advantage Over The Novel, And Can Claim Its Nearer Kinship To Poetry, Because It Must Be More Concentrated, Can Be More Visionary, And Is Not Weighed Down (as The Novel Is Bound To Be) By Facts, Explanation, Or Analysis. I Do Not Mean To Say That The Short Story Is By Any Means Exempt From The Laws Of Narrative: It Must Observe Them, But On Its Own Terms.

Solitary And Farouche People Don't Have Relationships; They Are Quite Unrelatable.

Children Like Change - For One Thing, They Never Anticipate Regret.

Jealousy Is No More Than Feeling Alone Against Smiling Enemies.

Without Fiction, Either Life Would Be Insufficient Or The Winds From The North Would Blow Too Cold.