For Gods sake (I never was more serious) dont make me ridiculous any more by terming me gentle-hearted in print… substitute drunken dog, ragged head, seld-shaven, odd-eyed, stuttering, or any other epithet which truly and properly belongs to the gentleman in question. – Charles Lamb
I think what I would say to my younger self, and probably to younger, just starting-out writers is that a lot of times youre just afraid to put yourself out there, and its uncomfortable because its working up the courage to do something, to push yourself to do those things. – Carol Leifer
