We're teaching our kids that attributes as vague and relatively meaningless as a toothy smile or a fine head of hair make a fine statement about a person.
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Nationality: American Type: Journalist Born: September 22, 1958 |
I have been absolutely hag-ridden with ambition. If I could wish to have anything in the world it would be to be free of ambition.
And I don't want to begin something, I don't want to write that first sentence until all the important connections in the novel are known to me. As if the story has already taken place, and it's my responsibility to put it in the right order to tell it to you.