Because of this climate in the U.S. that political art is taboo, the writers will tell you it's not political. I've heard John Irving say he's not a political writer. There is nothing to be worried about. It's absolutely the domain of art. |
Close the door. Write with _no one_ looking over your shoulder. Don't try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say. It's the one and only thing you have to offer. |
Come to think of it, just about every tool was shaped like either a weenie or a pistol, depending on your point of view. |
Few people know so clearly what they want. Most people can't even think what to hope for when they throw a penny in a fountain. |
Few people know so clearly what they want. Most people can't even think what to hope for when they throw a penny in a fountain. |
Few people know so clearly what they want. Most people can't even think what to hope for when they throw a penny in a fountain. |
I'm of a fearsome mind to throw my arms around every living librarian who crosses my path, on behalf of the souls they never knew they saved. |
It kills you to see them grow up. But I guess it would kill you quicker if they didn't. |
It wasn't a matter of courage or dreams, but something a whole lot simpler. A pilot would call it ground orientation. I'd spent a long time circling above the clouds, looking for life, while Hallie was living it. |
It's surprising how much of memory is built around things unnoticed at the time |
Libraries are the one American institution you shouldn't rip off. |
Libraries are the one American institution you shouldn't rip off. |
Memory is a complicated thing, a relative to truth, but not its twin. |
Pain reaches the heart with electrical speed, but truth moves to the heart as slowly as a glacier. |
Patriotism threatens free speech with death. In other words, the American flag stands for intimidation, censorship, violence, bigotry, sexism, homophobia and shoving the Constitution through a paper shredder. Who are we calling terrorists? |