“I've always known when I start a story what the last line is. It's alw...” — Amy Hempel Quote

“I've always known when I start a story what the last line is. It's always been the case, since the first story I ever wrote. I don't know how it's going to get there, but I seem to need the destination. I need to know where I end up. It never changes, ever.”

“I'm not first and foremost interested in story and the what-happens, but I'm interested in who's telling it and how they're telling it and the effects of whatever happened on the characters and the people.”

“I do feel that if you can write one good sentence and then another good sentence and then another, you end up with a good story.”

“Boeing does a great job in introducing product that kind of changes the game.”

“I started this job in 1995, and I felt the same pressure in my first day, with my first team, Reggiana, in the Second Division, as I feel now. Nothing has changed, but what changes are the number of games, especially for top teams. For this reason, the work has pressure. But only this.”

“The political parties have unanimously rejected the one-man constitutional changes.”