Nobody is poor unless he stand in need of justice.
Somehow, bad news, however ridden with static, however filled with echoes, always manages to be conveyed.
I've never had Internet access. Actually, I have looked at things on other people's computers as a bystander. A few times in my life I've opened email accounts, twice actually, but it's something I don't want in my life right now.
And yet he had loved her. A Bookish girl heedless of her beauty, unconscious of her effect. She'd been prepared to live her life alone but from the moment he'd known her he'd needed her.
I approach writing stories as a recorder. I think of my role as some kind of reporting device - recording and projecting.
Writing is one of the most assertive things a person can do.
I would not send a first story anywhere. I would give myself time to write a number of stories.
The earth was made so various, that the mind Of desultory man, studious of change, And pleased with novelty, might be indulged.
The moment you venture out, something takes place in you and about you. Life comes to your aid in various ways. You may not like the form in which it comes to you - it may be misery, struggle, starvation - but when you invite life, things begin to happen.
A spiritual Christian therefore is one whose spirit is led by God's Spirit. . . Perhaps their speech does convey truth, but without the quickening of the Holy Spirit even truth is of small advantage.
Necessity is an interpretation, not a fact.