The Images Of Things Are Not The

I've Always Felt, As A Writer, That Radicals Are Fascinating Because They're Relations, They Have A Place In The American Family. They're The Relatives Everyone Wishes Would Go Away. They're The Embarrassments To Decorum And Good Taste.

The Act Of Composition Is A Series Of Discoveries.

It Is The Immigrant Hordes Who Keep This Country Alive, The Waves Of Them Arriving Year After Year.... Who Believes In America More Than The People Who Run Down The Gangplank And Kiss The Ground?

Writing Is Immensely Difficult. The Short Forms Especially.

Most People Are Quiet In The World, And Live In It Tentatively, As If It Were Not Their Own.