But What Do I Have? The Things

The Writer’s Job Is To Write With Rigor, With Commitment, To Defend What They Believe With All The Talent They Have. I Think That’s Part Of The Moral Obligation Of A Writer, Which Cannot Be Only Purely Artistic. I Think A Writer Has Some Kind Of Responsibility At Least To Participate In The Civic Debate. I Think Literature Is Impoverished, If It Becomes Cut From The Main Agenda Of People, Of Society, Of Life.

I Convinced Her That Her First Loyalty Isn't To Other People, But To Her Own Feelings.

Literature Is A Form Of Permanent Insurrection. Its Mission Is To Arouse, To Disturb, To Alarm, To Keep Men In A Constant State Of Dissatisfaction With Themselves.

Death Isn't Enough. It Doesn't Remove The Stain. But A Slap, A Whiplash, Square On The Face, Does. Because A Man's Face Is As Sacred As His Mother Or His Wife.

Reading Was Such An Enrichment Of My Life. And It Was That Pleasure That I Had As A Very Young Reader Probably That Is The Origin Of My Vocation.