The One Thing ... Maybe No Family

An Urban Novelist Never Minds A Little Decay.

Write Every Day, Just To Keep In The Habit, And Remember That Whatever You Have Written Is Neither As Good Nor As Bad As You Think It Is. Just Keep Going, And Tell Yourself That You Will Fix It Later.

The Brave View Is That Talking It Out Helps Work It Out. Maybe The Realistic View Is That Talking It Out Inflames The Issues Further. But That Is America, Especially These Days.

Novelists Of A Conservative Or More Purely Aesthetic Bent Hold Up Better On The Surface, But Their Novels Go In And Out Of Fashion According To Relevance Or Irrelevance.

Critical Thinking Is To A Liberal Education As Faith Is To Religion. ... The Converse Was True Also - Faith Is To A Liberal Education As Critical Thinking Is To Religion, Irrelevant And Even Damaging.