"I live in my head all day long and the world is a little dreamy." — Tim O'Brien

Above all, a well-imagined story is organized around extraordinary human behaviors and unexpected and startling events, which help illuminate the commonplace and the ordinary.

It's very hard to articulate the things that are important about writing.

Life is never all one thing. It bounces around. Certainly, my own life has.

Everyone acts stupid at some time in order to be loved.