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That peace which is within us, we must experience it. And if we are searching for peace outside we will never find the peace within.
I set out to write a screenplay but, since my early 20s, had dreamed of writing a novel.
Some families can experience terrible tragedy and deal with it, and others not. I find those things fascinating.
I often think that the prime directive for me as a teacher of writing is akin to that for a physician, which is this: do no harm.
Sometime early in life, I developed the notion - one which I have never relinquished - that writing a novel is the very finest thing a person can do.
An identity would seem to be arrived at by the way in which the person faces and uses his experience.
I continue to wish that writing were easier, that it would flow out completely perfect with no need for revisions.
Any experience that isn't fun is probably something I will at least use in my writing someday.
The first think I did when I found out I was a finalist, was, I don't remember, because it felt like it was an out of body experience.
