Keep A Light, Hopeful Heart. But ­expect

It Feels Good, Honey, But It Isn't Love.

We Are All Regionalists In Our Origins, However 'universal' Our Themes And Characters, And Without Our Cherished Hometowns And Childhood Landscapes To Nourish Us, We Would Be Like Plants Set In Shallow Soil. Our Souls Must Take Root - Almost Literally.

It's Not Hard To Write Poorly. But To Write Something Good, It Has To Be Revised.

My Writing Is Full Of Lives I Might Have Led.

For Politics Is In Its Essence As Adams Had Said, The 'systematic Organization Of Hatred': Either You Were Organized Or You Were Not.