"Much has been written about the life of the mind." — Annie Dillard

The Pulitzer is more useful than meaningful.

God gave me a talent to draw. I 'owed' it to him to develop the talent.

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.