I Could Tell You Which Writer's Rhythms

I Started Out Thinking Of America As Highways And State Lines. As I Got To Know It Better, I Began To Think Of It As Rivers.

New York Is The True City Of Light In Any Season.

It's Best To Leap Into Something You Know You Love. You Might Change Your Mind Later, But That Is The Privilege Of Youth.

The Storytelling Tradition That You Bring From The South, I Don't Know Where It Arose, But It's Still There. You Can't Go To The Feed Store, Or The Country Courthouse Without Running Into Storytellers.

It Was So Much Fun To Have The Freedom To Wander America, With No Assignments. For 25 Or 30 Years I Never Had An Assignment. These Were All Stories I Wanted To Do Myself.