There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon.
I've seen novels that have grown out of one story in a collection. But it hasn't occurred to me to take any of those stories and build on them. They seem very finished for me, so I don't feel like going back and dredging them up.
I'm sorry I didn't feel any better or play any better, but that's what happens at the end of careers.

