I Used To Worry About Money And

I Think Of Writers As Explorers, Not Necessarily As Detectives. So There Is Certainly Detecting That Is Going On - They're Explorers.

Poetry Teaches Us Music, Metaphor, Condensation And Specificity.

Susan Straight Finds La's Secret Heart In Between Heaven And Here And With A Sleight Of Hand Only The Masters Have, She Creates An Alley, A Neighborhood, A History That Is As Rich And Tragic As Any Shakespearean Tale.

... You Should Wait Until The Book Is Finished Before Making A Judgment On Its Content. By The Time You Have Gone Through Twenty Drafts, The Characters May Have Developed Lives Of Their Own, Completely Separate From The People You Based Them On In The Beginning. And Even If Someone, At Some Time, Gets Upset With Your Words - So What? Live Your Life, Sing Your Song. Anyone Who Loves You Will Want You To Have That.

I Know How Bad A Thing It Is To Be A Slave And I Know How Terrible It Was But I Don't Believe That There's A Free Person In The Whole World That Knows How Good A Cup Full Of Water Can Taste. Because You Have To Be A Deprived Slave, To Be Kept Waiting For Your Water Like We Were To Really Appreciate How Good Just One Swallow Can Be. When We Finally Got A Drop On Our Tongues It Was Like Something Straight From The Hands Of The Almighty.