Every book that anyone sets out on is a voyage of discovery that may discover nothing. Any voyager may be lost at sea, like John Cabot. Nobody can teach the geography of the undiscovered. All he can do is encourge the will to explore, plus impress upon the inexperienced a few of the dos and don'ts of voyaging.
On the teaching of creative writing: responses to a series of questions (ed. Dartmouth College, 1997) - ISBN: 9780874518436
