“While there may not be a book in every one of us, there is so often a damned good short story.”
“The good parts of a book may be only something a writer is lucky enough to overhear or it may be the wreck of his whole damn life and one is as good as the other.”
“Have a story. And make sure it’s a good one. A DAMN good one.”
“The bible may be the greatest story every told, but the most popular story is about a couple fornicating that stops for one reason or another while it is still novel.”
“The shortness of life, so often lamented, may be the best thing about it.”
“Every book you pick up has its own lesson or lessons, and quite often the bad books have more to teach than the good ones.”