Books Are Where Things Are Explained To

The Writer Has Little Control Over Personal Temperament, None Over Historical Moment, And Is Only Partly In Charge Of His Or Her Own Aesthetic.

Start With The Notion That Yours Is The Sole Responsibility Unless There's Powerful Evidence To The Contrary

You Can't Have A Novel Without Real, Believable People, And Once You Get Into Either Too Theoretical A Novel Or Too Philosophical A Novel, You Get Into The Dangers That The French Novel Has Discovered In The Past 50 Or 60 Years. And You Get Into A Sort Of Aridity. No, You Have To Have Real, Identifiable People To Whom The Reader Reacts In A Way As If They Were Real People.

I Dreamt That I Woke Up. It's The Oldest Dream Of All, And I've Just Had It

The Companionship Of Dead Writers Is A Wonderful Form Of Live Friendship.