Never did get my curiosity cured,′ she said. ‘Some people sit around and wait for the world to poke them. Right here in this old curiosity shop of a world, they say, ‘Poke me, world,’ Well, you have to keep the challenges coming on. Make them up if necessary.
Be careful going in search of adventure – it’s ridiculously easy to find.
On the old highway maps of America, the main routes were red and the back roads blue. Now even the colors are changing.
For me, writing is not a search for explanations but a ramble in quest of what informs a place, a hunt for equivalents.