Raymond Carver is good. I think he'll be appreciated more and more. He's an easy writer to imitate.

There are things in American culture that want to wipe the class distinction. Blue jeans. Ready-made clothes. Coca-Cola.

Henry Miller wrote novels, but he calls his protagonist Henry, often Henry Miller, and his books are in this gray area between memoir and novel.

I long for the raised voice, the howl of rage or love.

I think the pattern of my essays is, A funny thing happened to me on my way through Finnegans Wake.

Gertrude Stein really thought of Hemingway as frail. He almost married Stein.

The text is merely one of the contexts of a piece of literature, its lexical or verbal one, no more or less important than the sociological, psychological, historical, anthropological or generic.

I have, I admit, a low tolerance for detached chronicling and cool analysis.

My assignment is what every writer's assignment is: tell the truth of his own time.

The black situation has changed. They finally realized they're Americans.

I liked Camille Paglia. I liked her even better when I heard her talk.

I craft everything in the beginning. I know where the characters are going before I start writing the book.

I hope to enjoy however many days I have on this beautiful Earth and spend as much of it outside as I can surrounded by those I love.

I think I am staying in Toronto. It keeps me grounded and I can be with my family and friends.

I live between fearing doom and wishing for it.

I bear you my witness that the Savior is closer to us than you have any idea. He will be close to you and the powers divine will be at your side when you have nowhere else to turn.

I found the bench to be the greatest ally when I had to make individuals comply with what was best for the team

We cannot understand our humanity just by studying individuals.

In the God of all creation, we put our faith and trust. And give our lives to you, cause you gave your life for us.

Still the bubbling mind; herein lies freedom and bliss eternal.

The difference in winning & losing is most often, not quitting.