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These Short Stories Are Vast Structures Existing Mostly In The Subconscious Of Our Cultural History. They Will Live With The Reader Long After The Words Have Been Translated Into Ideas And Dreams. That's Because A Good Short Story Crosses The Borders Of Our Nations And Our Prejudices And Our Beliefs. A Good Short Story Asks A Question That Can't Be Answered In Simple Terms. And Even If We Come Up With Some Understanding, Years Later, While Glancing Out Of A Window, The Story Still Has The Potential To Return, To Alter Right There In Our Mind And Change Everything.

Losing My Parents Really Set Me Adrift In More Ways Than One. It's Not Just Losing Them. It's Losing The Possibility Of Family.

Our Collective Freedom... Depends On Our Ability To Defend The Rights Of Others.

Many Writers-in-waiting Spend A Lot Of Time Avoiding The Work At Hand. The Most Common Way To Avoid Writing Is By Procrastination. This Is The Writer's Greatest Enemy. There Is Little To Say About It Except That Once You Decide To Write Every Day, You Must Make Yourself Sit At The Desk Or Table For The Required Period Whether Or Not You Are Putting Down Words. Make Yourself Take The Time Even If The Hours Seem Fruitless. Ideally, After A Few Days Or Weeks Of Being Chained To The Desk, You Will Submit To The Story That Must Be Told.

Purely The Idea Of Writing A Lot Of Books Doesn't Make You A Great Writer, But It Might Be That The Process Of Doing A Lot Of Writing Will Make You A Much Better Writer.