But The World Turns, And Even Legends

When You Write Your First Novel You Don't Really Know What You're Doing. There May Be Writers Out There Who Are Brilliant, Incisive And In Control From Their First 'once Upon A Time'. I'm Not One Of Them. Every Once Upon A Time For Me Is Another Experience Of White-water Rafting In A Leaky Inner Tube. And I Have This Theory That While The Story Council Has Its Faults, It Does Have Some Idea That If Books Are Going To Get Written, Authors Have To Be Able To Write Them.

She, Too, Spoke Only When The Queen Or King Addressed Her First, But She Looked Searchingly At Every Supplicant, And Her Clear Face Said That She Had Opinions About Everything She Heard, And That It Was Her Proud Duty To Think Out Those Opinions, And Make Them Responsible And Coherent.

I Advise Those Who Want To Become Writers To Study Veterinary Medicine, Which Is Easier. You Don't Want To Be A Writer Unless You Have No Choice - And If You Have No Choice, Good Luck To You.

Can't All Beasts Be Tamed?

I Found That The Only Way I Could Control This Sorrow Was Not To Think Of [it] At All, Which Was Almost As Painful As The Loss Itself.