“Authors should be honored only for their works.” — John Updike Quote

“Authors should be honored only for their works.”

“A person believes various things at various times, even on the same day.”

“The essential self is innocent, and when it tastes its own innocence knows that it lives for ever.”

“Eventually, all of our impressions will be dead. That's one of my favorite things about Paul F. Tompkins' 'Dead Authors' podcast is to be able to do impressions of people you've never otherwise think to do or get to do. I did Walt Whitman on there, and that was really fun.”

“The problem with most of the want-to-be authors is that they are unable to focus. Either they have no idea of where to begin, or they have hundreds of ideas and don't know which one to pick. Both scenarios leading to one result... they give up even before they start.”