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"A story is a way to say something that cannot be said any other way."
"We are all part of the same story, but we tell it in different ways."
"We are all witnesses to the same events, but we see them differently."
"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.