I wrote for twelve years and collected 250 rejection slips before getting any fiction published, so I guess outside reinforcement read more

I wrote for twelve years and collected 250 rejection slips before getting any fiction published, so I guess outside reinforcement isn't all that important to me.

If epic poetry is a definite species, the sagas do not fall within it.

If epic poetry is a definite species, the sagas do not fall within it.

Once the ref blows his whistle, I yell out, 'That's a terrible call' and then I start booing with everybody read more

Once the ref blows his whistle, I yell out, 'That's a terrible call' and then I start booing with everybody else.

The creative universe begins with its essentiality, and, whatever path the imagination takes, ends with its purity. . . . read more

The creative universe begins with its essentiality, and, whatever path the imagination takes, ends with its purity. . . . I love the T-shirt as an anti-status symbol, putting rich and poor on the same level in a sheath of white cotton that cancels the distinctions of caste.

The one good thing about the antiques business is the more, the better.

The one good thing about the antiques business is the more, the better.

This has been the first real test since FEMA (U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency) was put under Homeland Security and read more

This has been the first real test since FEMA (U.S. Federal Emergency Management Agency) was put under Homeland Security and obviously it didn't work and I think they will want to reexamine how they respond to disasters.

There's huge, massive mother ships going up to the Yukon. They've been filmed and are on video.

There's huge, massive mother ships going up to the Yukon. They've been filmed and are on video.

School districts are more clever than any legislator who can put this into existence. [Districts] can spin the data any read more

School districts are more clever than any legislator who can put this into existence. [Districts] can spin the data any way they want.

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!