But Everything Of Value About Me Is

The World Is What It Is; Men Who Are Nothing, Who Allow Themselves To Become Nothing, Have No Place In It.

Writing Has To Support Itself.

I Will Say I Am The Sum Of My Books.

I Wish My Prose To Be Transparent—i Don't Want The Reader To Stumble Over Me; I Want Him To Look Through What I'm Saying To What I'm Describing. I Don't Want Him Ever To Say, Oh, Goodness, How Nicely Written This Is. That Would Be A Failure.

Ignorant People In Preppy Clothes Are More Dangerous To America Than Oil Embargoes.