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I Teach A Non-fiction Writing Class At New York University, And One Of My Great Pleasures Is Deciding On The Syllabus.

I Never Thought Very Many People In The World Were Very Much Like John Laroche, But I Realized More And More That He Was Only An Extreme, Not An Aberration - That Most People In Some Way Or Another Do Strive For Something Exceptional, Something To Pursue, Even At Their Peril, Rather Than Abide An Ordinary Life.

Most Writing Doesn’t Take Place On The Page; It Takes Place In Your Head.

The World Is So Huge That People Are Always Getting Lost In It. There Are Too Many Ideas And Things And People Too Many Directions To Go. I Was Starting To Believe That The Reason It Matters To Care Passionately About Something Is That It Whittles The World Down To A More Manageable Size. It Makes The World Seem Not Huge And Empty But Full Of Possibility.

I Would Like To Make Sleeping My New Hobby, Except That I'm Too Tired, Really, To Have A Hobby. But A Girl Can Always Dream.