Each story I've written starts out as a vague idea that seems to be going nowhere, then suddenly materializes as read more

Each story I've written starts out as a vague idea that seems to be going nowhere, then suddenly materializes as a completed concept. It almost seems like a discovery, as if the story was always there. The few elements I start out with are actually clues. If I figure out what they mean, I can discover the story that's waiting.

There can be little liking where there is no likeness

There can be little liking where there is no likeness

I believe more in precision, when you have the capability, like when you see a mosquito fly and you're able read more

I believe more in precision, when you have the capability, like when you see a mosquito fly and you're able to hit it, you're able to hit it with a couple of short sharp shots... it's a beautiful thing.

We saw something starting to happen with the industry and we called them out on it,

We saw something starting to happen with the industry and we called them out on it,

[In the
ante room, under a tapestry of a gorgeous Imam
Hussein Muzzaffar Salak (] people call me read more

[In the
ante room, under a tapestry of a gorgeous Imam
Hussein Muzzaffar Salak (] people call me Ali ... Three of the prayer leaders were
martyred during the Iran-Iraq war [of the 1980s].

For all the sound and the fury perhaps this is what Milosevic wants.

For all the sound and the fury perhaps this is what Milosevic wants.

I don't recall ever sending anybody out to fight, especially at the drop of the puck.

I don't recall ever sending anybody out to fight, especially at the drop of the puck.

You cannot win a game of tug-o-war by merely standing firm.

You cannot win a game of tug-o-war by merely standing firm.

The journalistic vision sharpens to the point of maximum impact every event, every individual and social configuration; but the honing read more

The journalistic vision sharpens to the point of maximum impact every event, every individual and social configuration; but the honing is uniform. - Real Presences, 1989.