Everybody is interesting for an hour, but few people can last more than two.
Men need history; it helps them to have an idea of who they are. But history, like sanctity, can reside in the heart; it is enough that there is something there.
Life doesn't have a neat beginning and a tidy end, life is always going on. You should begin in the middle and end in the middle, and it should be all there.
That element of surprise is what I look for when I am writing. It is my way of judging what I am doing - which is never an easy thing to do.