Today, as never before, the fates of men are so intimately linked to one another that a disaster for one is a disaster for everybody.
Born:
July 14, 1916
Death: October 7, 1991 |
True freedom is the capacity for acting according to one's true character, to be altogether one's self, to be self-determined and not subject to outside coercion.
I spent several years acquiring the obsessive, day-to-day discipline that's needed if you want to write professionally, then several more, highly valuable years studying fiction writing at the University of Iowa.