It Is Important Not To Trust People

I Wish My Prose To Be Transparent—i Don't Want The Reader To Stumble Over Me; I Want Him To Look Through What I'm Saying To What I'm Describing. I Don't Want Him Ever To Say, Oh, Goodness, How Nicely Written This Is. That Would Be A Failure.

Home Is, I Suppose Just A Child's Idea. A House At Night, And A Lamp In The House. A Place To Feel Safe.

Making A Book Is Such A Big Enterprise.

We Cannot Understand All The Traits We Have Inherited. Sometimes We Can Be Strangers To Ourselves.

Judgment Is Contained In The Act Of Trying To Understand.