She Was An Artist. She Held Opposites

Maybe I'm A Serial Regional Writer. First Here, Then There, Across The Map.

Only Sometimes You Can't Feel Anything About A Subject Without Hypothesizing Its Extinction.

The Past Is The Prism Through Which We See A Great, Great, Great Deal Of Ourselves; It's A Useful Prism. It Doesn't Mean That We're Fascinated By The Dead Or That We're Fascinated By Things That Are Settled. It Is Just One Place Where We Can Go To Understand Ourselves In The Present.

The Pace Of Life Feels Morally Dangerous To Me.

I'm Trying To Cause People To Be Interested In The Particulars Of Their Lives Because I Think That's One Thing Literature Can Do For Us. It Can Say To Us: Pay Attention. Pay Closer Attention. Pay Stricter Attention To What You Say To Your Son.