There’s no point in writing hopeless novels. We all know we’re going to die; what’s important is the kind of men and women we are in the face of this.

“There are a lot of us, some published, some not, who think the literary life is…”

“I realized I was going to get through this disappointing service, and anyway, y…”

“...the three things I cannot change are the past, the truth, and you.”

“And she is going to dance, dance hungry, dance full, dance each cold astonishin…”