A Book Begins As A Private Excitement

There Is No Longer Any Such Thing As Fiction Or Nonfiction; There's Only Narrative.

I Thought I Would Lose, So I Didn't Prepare A Speech.

A Book Begins As A Private Excitement Of The Mind.

All Over The World Today, Not Just In The Totalitarian Countries, Assiduous Functionaries In Ministries Of Truth Are Clubbing History Dumb And Rendering Language Insensible.

I Knew He Was Unreliable, But He Was Fun To Be With. He Was A Child’s Ideal Companion, Full Of Surprises And Happy Animal Energy. He Enjoyed Food And Drink. He Liked To Try New Things. He Brought Home Coconuts, Papayas, Mangoes, And Urged Them On Our Reluctant Conservative Selves. On Sundays He Liked To Discover New Places, Take Us On Endless Bus Or Trolley Rides To Some New Park Or Beach He Knew About. He Always Counseled Daring, In Whatever Situation, The Courage To Test The Unknown, An Instruction That Was Thematically In Opposition To My Mother’s.