“ James Agee. He was born a prince of the language, and so he remains. And Capote. I don't care what kind of stupid ass remarks he makes, he can write; he really can. When he's on he's really on. Updike… Harry Crews
“ Long before I wrote stories, I listened for stories. Listening for them is something more acute than listening to them. I suppose it’s an early form of participation in what goes on. Listening childre… Eudora Welty
“ The fantasies of dying could be no stranger than the fantasies of living. Survival is perhaps the strangest fantasy of them all. Eudora Welty
