I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. read more

I write entirely to find out what I'm thinking, what I'm looking at, what I see and what it means. What I want and what I fear.

Sir, I would rather be right than be President.

Sir, I would rather be right than be President.

Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness

Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness

Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.

Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.

To see the right and not to do it is cowardice.

To see the right and not to do it is cowardice.

Let us have faith that Right makes Might, and in that faith let
us to the end dare to read more

Let us have faith that Right makes Might, and in that faith let
us to the end dare to do our duty as we understand it.

The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers ghostlike.

The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers ghostlike.

What a lot we lost when we stopped writing letters. You can't reread a phone call.

What a lot we lost when we stopped writing letters. You can't reread a phone call.

Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.

Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.