The quiet lines matter as much as the noisy ones.

We get our voice from the voices of others. Read promiscuously. Imitate, copy, but become your own voice.

I write about what I know; and I write about things that are new to me, and that I didn't know before.

I write articles, and I do profiles of members of organizations and associations.

That's what sons do: write to their mothers about recall, tell themselves about the past until they come to realize that they are the past.