I Wanted To Be A Writer. I

The Artist Must Be Like A Heart Surgeon. He Must Approach Something With Sympathy, But With A Sort Of Coldness And Work And Work Until He Finds Some Kind Of Perfection In His Work. You Can't Have Blood Splashing All Over The Place. Things Must Be Done Very Cleanly.

I Wanted To Be A Writer. I Wanted To Say Something About Home.

In All My Stories And Novels, No One Ever Escapes Louisiana. Maybe That Is Because My Soul Never Left Louisiana, Although My Body Did Go To California.

We Wait Till Now? Now, When We're Old Men, We Get To Be Brave?

The Mark Of Fear Is Not Easily Removed.