“Well, we're meant to be writing stories today,”
“A well-developed and versed character will write the story for you.”
“Your life is your story. Write well. Edit often.”
“We can no longer allow them to write just stories and poems; we must teach them the forms of nonfiction writing as well, specifically that of writing on demand.”
“The short story, I should point out, is perforce a labor of love in today's literary world; there's precious little economic incentive to write one...”
“You can't know what difference you'll make, but you are part of something. I think so. We all have things we're meant to do. People we're meant to care about. We're all meant to matter.”