All Beginnings Are Hard.

Literature Presents You With Alternate Mappings Of The Human Experience. You See That The Experiences Of Other People And Other Cultures Are As Rich, Coherent, And Troubled As Your Own Experiences. They Are As Beset With Suffering As Yours. Literature Is A Kind Of Legitimate Voyeurism Through The Keyhole Of Language Where You Really Come To Know Other People's Lives--their Anguish, Their Loves, Their Passions. Often You Discover That Once You Dive Into Those Lives And Get Below The Surface, The Veneer, There Is A Real Closeness.

Each Generation Thinks It Fights New Battles. But The Battles Are The Same. Only The People Are Different.

Something That Is Yours Forever Is Never Precious

No One Knows He Is Fortunate Until He Becomes Unfortunate, That's The Way The World Is.

Art Is Whether Or Not There Is A Scream In Him Wanting To Get Out In A Special Way.