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.

This was hell. I wouldn't wish this upon anybody.

This was hell. I wouldn't wish this upon anybody.

No one really won in this constitution. It left almost everything vague. Everyone played to a tie but we don't read more

No one really won in this constitution. It left almost everything vague. Everyone played to a tie but we don't know how the ties are going to be resolved.

You couldn't get mad. You always had to remain calm no matter what, because they wanted you to get mad. read more

You couldn't get mad. You always had to remain calm no matter what, because they wanted you to get mad. And you had to succeed no matter what.

I purchased it with the thought that what better place to have it than at the school.

I purchased it with the thought that what better place to have it than at the school.

What is my loftiest ambition? I've always wanted to throw an egg at an electric fan.

What is my loftiest ambition? I've always wanted to throw an egg at an electric fan.

Each time a student fails, the district is required to notify the parents and provide the student accelerated instruction in read more

Each time a student fails, the district is required to notify the parents and provide the student accelerated instruction in a setting of not more than 10 students to one teacher.

You want to understand what the person across the table from you does for a living and how they do read more

You want to understand what the person across the table from you does for a living and how they do it.

The structure of life I have described in buildings - the structure which I believe to be objective - is read more

The structure of life I have described in buildings - the structure which I believe to be objective - is deeply and inextricably connected with the human person, and with the innermost nature of human feeling.