The university is our culture's assertion that what is made by the mind has value and can convey values.
I was directed because I knew I wanted to be a novelist, but I didn't have a very good job or a way of getting published. I found those years to be among the most difficult of my life.
I never got into using my phone's calendar. It's easier to write in my Tiffany day planner. There's something charming about having a datebook.