There Are Many Occasions In Literature In

I Wrote About Four Novels Before I Wrote A Word Of Journalism.

I Think Poets Are Much More Dramatic, More Theatrical Than Fiction Writers.

You Can Assume That If A Writer's Work Has Survived For Centuries, There Are Reasons Why This Is So, Explanations That Have Nothing To Do With A Conspiracy Of Academics Plotting To Resuscitate A Zombie Army Of Dead White Males.

Like Seeing A Photograph Of Yourself As A Child, Encountering Handwriting That You Know Was Once Yours But That Now Seems Only Dimly Familiar Can Inspire A Confrontation With The Mystery Of Time.

People See Everything Through The Lens Of Their Obsessions.