Look hard at the world, they said—
generously, if you can
manage that, but hard.


'What I Remember the Writers Telling Me When I Was Young' (1987)


Look hard at the world, they said— generously, if you can manage that, but hard.

Look hard at the world, they said— generously, if you can manage that, but hard.

Look hard at the world, they said— generously, if you can manage that, but hard.

Look hard at the world, they said— generously, if you can manage that, but hard.