“Friendships are nice. So is competence.”
“Keep your friends for friendship, but work with the skilled and competent”
“So many people can now write competent stories that the short story is in danger of dying of competence.”
“You have the nicest window, you know? None of the others can even compete. It´s not flashy like the others, or bleary – your window gives of this nice, quiet light.”
“REAL FRIENDSHIP IS HARD TO FIND SO WHEN YOU HAVE THAT FRIENDSHIP TRY AND KEEP IT”
“Mubarak was so paranoid that anyone he perceived as competent became a threat to him.”