Humans Generally Get Out The Gist Of

Some People Want To Be Bank Presidents. Other People Want To Rob Banks.

Writing Is The Only Thing I've Ever Done With Persistence, Except For Being Married.

Until You Can Become Accountable To Yourself And Only Yourself, You're Probably Not Going To Live A Fully Vital Life. So Much Of Literature Is About Accountability. The Moral Issues In Most Novels Are About People Becoming Responsible For Their Own Behaviour. One Of The Forces Against Being Responsible For Your Own Behaviour Is The Force Of The Past, In The Way That The Past Tries To Form You.

And I Think That In Myself (and Perhaps Evident In What I Write) Fear Of Loss And The Corresponding Instinct To Protect Myself Against Loss Are Potent Forces.

I Think Once You Love Somebody, You Love Somebody; That's Just How It Is.