She Said America Was A Spoiled Child

[in The Moment Of Reading Writer And Reader] Are Both Briefly Their Best Selves, Or At Least Better Selves. A Flawed Human Being Writes Something And 60 Years Later A Reader Picks Up The Book And Something In Them Rises To Meet It.

As A Fiction Writer, One Of Things You Learn Is God Lives In Specificity. You Know, Human Kindness Is Increased As We Pursue Specificity.

With Nonfiction, I Go In Trying To Be Really Honest About What My Preconceptions Are.

I Don't Really Write Beautifully Naturally, Unlike Some People.

If You Want To Be Good, All You've Got To Do Is Be Good.