Certainty Is Missing The Point Entirely.

If The Present Is Really All We Have, Then The Present Lasts Forever.

Write As If Your Parents Are Dead.

The Reason I Never Give Up Hope Is Because Everything Is So Basically Hopeless.

I've Seen Prayers Answered. But Often, In My Experiences, If You Get What You Pray For, You've Really Shortchanged Yourself.

Alice Adams Wrote A Sweet Note To Me After My First Novel Came Out When I Was 26, And I Was So Blown Away That I Sent Her A Bunch Of Stamps By Return Mail. I Have No Idea What I Was Thinking. It Was A Star-struck Impulse.