I mean simply to say that I want my characters to suggest the background in themselves, even when it is read more

I mean simply to say that I want my characters to suggest the background in themselves, even when it is not visible. I want them to be so powerfully realized that we cannot imagine them apart from their physical and social context even when we see them in empty space.

When I was really little, I wanted to be like Schroeder from the Peanuts comics. There was something about that read more

When I was really little, I wanted to be like Schroeder from the Peanuts comics. There was something about that Beethoven he'd play that made the hair on the back of my neck stand up.

I have had a turtle, a guinea pig, a dog, girlfriends, and many sweet, playful, sleepy, loving, delicious cats. I read more

I have had a turtle, a guinea pig, a dog, girlfriends, and many sweet, playful, sleepy, loving, delicious cats. I love the way cats look at me.

Understanding Religion is kind of like understanding a manual in German. I know it's important and I really need to read more

Understanding Religion is kind of like understanding a manual in German. I know it's important and I really need to figure it out, but it's just not happening!

She had neither seen it nor knew anything about the notices,

She had neither seen it nor knew anything about the notices,

Why do home sizes rise when, during the same period, the average family size has declined?

Why do home sizes rise when, during the same period, the average family size has declined?

We have a chance to get a joint document of principles tomorrow.

We have a chance to get a joint document of principles tomorrow.

I tried marijuana once. I did not inhale.

I tried marijuana once. I did not inhale.

I asked [my father] what there was to make doctoring more disgusting than nursing, which women were always doing, and read more

I asked [my father] what there was to make doctoring more disgusting than nursing, which women were always doing, and which ladies had done publicly in the Crimea. He could not tell me.