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A Novelist Has Two Lives-- A Reading And Writing Life, And A Lived Life. He Or She Cannot Be Understood At All Apart From This.

How Will You Know A Good Farmer When You Meet Him? He Will Not Ask You For Any Favors.

Sometimes, A Novel Is Like A Train: The First Chapter Is A Comfortable Seat In An Attractive Carriage, And The Narrative Speeds Up. But There Are Other Sorts Of Trains, And Other Sorts Of Novels. They Rush By In The Dark; Passengers Framed In The Lighted Windows Are Smiling And Enjoying Themselves.

I Learned Why 'out Riding Alone' Is An Oxymoron: An Equestrian Is Never Alone, Is Always Sensing The Other Being, The Mysterious But Also Understandable Living Being That Is The Horse.

Americans Took A Great Deal Too Much Credit For Creating Wealth, When Most Of The Time They Had Really Just Been Living Off Natural Bounty Unprecedented In The History Of The World.