“... but that is the satisfaction of writing - one can impersonate so many people.”

“Would you not like to try all sorts of lives - one is so very small - but that is the satisfaction of writing - one can impersonate so many people.”

“So many people can now write competent stories that the short story is in danger of dying of competence.”

“I found that many gifted people are so afraid of writing a poor story that they cannot summon the nerve to write a single sentence for months. The thing to say to such people is: "See how *bad* a story you can write. See how dull you can be. Go ahead. That would be fun and interesting. I will give you ten dollars if you can write something thoroughly dull from beginning to end!" And of course, no one can. ”

“E-mail can be so impersonal - and so open to interpretation.”

“Maybe one reason so many people have so many problems is that there are so many other people with so many solutions." (Love on a Gunboat")”