

“Symbolism exists to adorn and enrich, not to create an artificial sense of profundity.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

“At the time we’re stuck in it, like hostages locked in a Turkish bath, high school seems the most serious business in the world to just about all of us. It’s not until the second or third class reunion that we start realizing how absurd the whole thing was.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

“Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me three times, shame on both of us.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

“Let me say it again: You must not come lightly to the blank page.”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

“Reading is the creative center of a writer's life." -”
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
― On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
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