To doubt everything or to believe everything are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection.

To doubt everything, or, to believe everything, are two equally convenient solutions; both dispense with the necessity of reflection.

One the other hand, the publishing trend is ghastly, isn't it? Two hundred and something distributors are now down to 10 or 12? And what's the recruiting drive?

There are two ways to slice easily thorugh life; to believe everything or to doubt everything. Both ways save us from thinking.

The Aztecs believe they started up in what's now New Mexico, and wandered for 10,000 years before they got down into where they are now, in Mexico City. That's a weird legend.

The hard part of writing at all is sitting your ass down in a chair and writing it. There's always something better to do, like I've got an interview, sharpening the pencils, trimming the roses. There's always something better to do. Going to a writer's club?