"God gave me a talent to draw. I 'owed' it to him to develop the talent." — Annie Dillard

Much has been written about the life of the mind.

The Pulitzer is more useful than meaningful.

The writer studies literature, not the world.

'Fecundity' is an ugly word for an ugly subject. It is ugly, at least, in the eggy animal world. I don't think it is for plants.