I Was Stationed In Norfolk, Virginia, For

Write About The Things That Attract You. Choose Your Subjects The Way You Used To Choose Your Toys: Out Of Desire.

I Think Situations Are More Important Than Plot And Character.

I Graduated In 1952 And Went To Europe, With Niki And Our First Child Laura, Who Was Then A Year Old.

I Also Had This Mistaken Dream, Fantasy Really - Perhaps Because I'm Good At Languages - Of Being Able In Both Italy And France To Become Someone Else Through My Fluency In The Language.

What I Said About John Was That He Liberated Me From My Anxieties About Writing In A Correct, Acceptable Way.