From the essay "Open Sesame" from Joshua Cohen: A writer stands outside a story yelling, 'Open Sesame ' and the story, as if a seed, opens. And treasure is found inside. That treasure, of course, is just another story, and it all begins again. From an interview with Anne Carson: comfort or the lack of it is not the point, thinking is the point to cause people to think is not easy to cause myself to think is not easy lack of ease generates a certain...