When You're Researching You're Learning. When You're

There's A Marvelous Sense Of Mastery That Comes With Writing A Sentence That Sounds Exactly As You Want It To. It's Like Trying To Write A Song, Making Tiny Tweaks, Reading It Out Loud, Shifting Things To Make It Sound A Certain Way... Sometimes It Feels Like Digging Out Of A Hole, But Sometimes It Feels Like Flying. When It's Working And The Rhythm's There, It Does Feel Like Magic To Me.

Like Writing, Running Is So Much About Mind Over Matter. There Are Times When You Have To Override The Discomfort And Keep Pushing. That Capacity To Endure And Then Prevail Is Just Amazing.

There Was A Time When I Kept Track Of It All; When My Mind Worked Like A Giant Lint Brush Being Swept Over The Fuzzy Surface Of Popular Culture. But These Days, Pop Culture Seems To Have Gotten Fuzzier And Fuzzier; Notoriety Comes And Goes In The Snap Of A Finger.

I Think Coexisting With Another Life Form Is A Very Rich Experience. It's Why People Keep Plants And Animals.

I'm Much More Willing To Buy A Novel Electronically By Someone I Don't Know. Because If Halfway Through I Think, I Don't Really Like This, I Can Just Stop. I Can't Throw Books Out, Even If I Think They're Crummy. I Feel Like I've Got To Give It To The Library. I've Got To Loan It To Somebody, Or I Keep It On My Shelf. It's Like A Plant.