I find that most people know what a story is until they sit down to write one.

“He saw that there was something alive in it, and went near enough to read a sig…”

“Art requires a delicate adjustment of the outer and inner worlds in such a way …”

“His friends told him that nobody was interested in his goddam soul unless it wa…”

“As was usual with him, he began with the least important thing and worked aroun…”