To Be Human Is To Be In

There Was No Way To Grasp The Reality Of The Present Which Slid Away Each Second, Invisible As Air; Reality Only Existed After The Fact, In One's Vision Of The Past.

I Taught Writing Classes At The University Of Pennsylvania For A Number Of Years And I Realized That All You Can Do Is Encourage People And Give Them Assignments And Hope They Will Write Them.

To Be Human Is To Be In A Story.

My First Job Was Working In A Dress Shop In Los Angeles In 1940, For $7 A Week.

The Truth Came Slowly Like A Story Told By People Interrupting Each Other.