I Don't Think That The Writer Is

Every Novelist Has A Different Purpose-and Often Several Purposes Which Might Even Be Contradictory.

When I Started Out In The Early 1930s, There Were A Great Many Magazines That Published Short Stories. Unfortunately, The Short-story Market Has Dwindled To Almost Nothing.

In The Theater, Characters Have To Cut The Umbilical Cord From The Writer And Talk In Their Own Voices

I've Gone On The Wagon, But My Body Doesn't Believe It.

I'm Not As Hopeful As I Was When I Was Young