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"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there."
"Memory is a strange thing. It doesn't work like I thought it did. We are so used to thinking of it as a camera or a tape recorder, but it's not like that at all. It's more like a painter. It creates a picture, but it's not always the same picture."
The stories are not autobiographical, but they're personal in that way. I seem to know only the things that I've learned. Probably some things through observation, but what I feel I know surely is personal.
Memory is the way we keep telling ourselves our stories - and telling other people a somewhat different version of our stories.
I want the reader to feel something is astonishing. Not the 'what happens,' but the way everything happens. These long short story fictions do this best, for me.
The poem is a way of living in the world, not just observing it.
The poem is a way of understanding the world, not just explaining it.
The poem is a way of seeing the world, not just describing it.
I believe that poetry is a way to express the inexpressible.
Writing is not just a profession; it is a way of life, a commitment to truth and beauty.
A good story can change the way we see the world and ourselves.
The measure of a good book is whether it makes you think, feel, and see the world differently.
One way of looking at speech is to say that it is a constant stratagem to cover nakedness.
The closer you are to death, the more alive you feel. It's a wonderful way to live. It's the only way to live.
"Writing is a way of living, a way of being in the world, a way of understanding the world."
The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.
Writing is a way of exorcising the demons that haunt us.
Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted.
The truth is, we all suffer, but we suffer differently.