Perhaps First And Foremost Is The Challenge

The Ambiguities Of Language, Both In Terms Of Vocabulary And Syntax, Are Fascinating: How Important Connotation Is, What Is Lost And What Is Gained In The Linguistic Transition.

My Mother Was Told She Couldn't Go To Medical School Because She Was A Woman And A Jew. So She Became A Teacher In The New York City Public School System.

I've Been An Inveterate Reader Of Literary Magazines Since I Was A Teenager. There Are Always Discoveries. You're Sitting In Your Easy Chair, Reading; You Realize You've Read A Story Or A Group Of Poems Four Times, And You Know, Yes, I Want To Go Farther With This Writer.

I Think There Is Something About Coming To A City To Work That Puts You In Touch With It In A Different Way.

With, Or Despite Our Scars, We Stay Alive.