Love And Despair Go Hand In Hand.

You Need To See A Bit Of Hell Now And Then. That, And Great Joy.

I Don't Really Believe In A Creative-writing Major As An Undergraduate. It's A Bad Idea, Terrible. I've Met Creative-writing Majors From Other Places And They Don't Know A Goddamn Thing. They're The Worst Students. They Just Think They're Good Because They Could Pass.

I Wake My Wife Up At 3 A.m. And Say, "listen To This!"

If You Are Able To Explain Suffering, A Man Once Told Him, You Weren't Really There.

Children Will Listen To Anything Elders Say To Survive, And If You Grew Up Without An Elder Telling You There Was A God, What Did Your Parents Say To You?