These days, my subjects are murder and mayhem and other terrible things that happen to people - things that are even worse than cutting yourself shaving. And these are not the sorts of things you feel the need to experience before you write about them.
“We should be more anxious that our afflictions should benefit us than that they should be speedily removed from us.”
“You ought to dialogue first before you start throwing spears. And I think the U.N. provides an opportunity for dialogue.”