Writing Is Revision. All Prose Responds To

Things Were Here Before You And Will Be Here After You're Gone. The Geographic Features, Especially, Give You A Sense Of Your Own Place In The World And In Time

I Never Planned On Doing A Book About Paul Farmer Or His Organization. I Met Him In Haiti When I Was On A Magazine Assignment. It's Almost Like His Story Sort Of Fell In My Lap.

You Can Write About Anything, And If You Write Well Enough, Even The Reader With No Intrinsic Interest In The Subject Will Become Involved.

... "you May Not See The Ocean, But Right Now We Are In The Middle Of The Ocean, And We Have To Keep Swimming.

I Want My Prose To Be As Clear As A Pane Of Glass.