I can get a kind of tension when I'm writing a short story, like I'm pulling on a rope and know where the rope is attached.


New York Times Book Review (Sep. 14, 1986)


I can get a kind of tension when I'm writing a short story, like I'm pulling on a rope and know where the rope is attached.

I can get a kind of tension when I'm writing a short story, like I'm pulling on a rope and know where the rope is attached.

I can get a kind of tension when I'm writing a short story, like I'm pulling on a rope and know where the rope is attached.

I can get a kind of tension when I'm writing a short story, like I'm pulling on a rope and know where the rope is attached.