A Good Novel Cannot Be Too Long

O God, Let Me Write Books! Please, God, Let Me Write Books!

Violence Commands Both Literature And Life, And Violence Is Always Crude And Distorted.

A Good Novel Cannot Be Too Long Or A Bad Novel Too Short.

What Happens Is Not As Important As How You React To What Happens.

Like All Born Politicians, Their Eye Was For The Main Chance Rather Than For The Argument, And They Found It Easier To Forswear A Conviction Than To Forego A Comfort.