Rob’s Reviews > The Eleventh Hour: A Quintet of Stories > Status Update

"So, he said, you want to take on the public subject, the big stuff. Democracy, fascism, history, ethics, revolution, God, mythology, the grand questions. You'll probably fail. Most public writers do."

" I always wrote out of deep unhappiness, and ever since I came to the College I have been happy, so writing has no longer felt necessary."