I happen to feel that the degree of a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting attitudes she can bring to bear on the same topic.

Just as you began to feel that you could make good use of time, there was no time left to you.

"I happen to feel that the degree of a person's intelligence is directly reflected by the number of conflicting attitudes she can bring to bear on the same topic."

I wrote for twelve years and collected 250 rejection slips before getting any fiction published, so I guess outside reinforcement isn't all that important to me.

. . . inspiration never arrived when you were searching for it.

Any mother could perform the jobs of several air-traffic controllers with ease.