I'm Sure There Are Writers Who Are

It Is Rare For People To Be Asked The Question Which Puts Them Squarely In Front Of Themselves

But We Are Mostly What We Are, And The Turtle Stretching Toward Delicious Buds On High Does Not Lighten His Carapace By His Resolve.

Whoever Is Writing In The United States Is Using The American Dream As An Ironical Pole Of His Story. People Elsewhere Tend To Accept, To A Far Greater Degree Anyway, That The Conditions Of Life Are Hostile To Mans Pretensions.

Like Every Writer, I Am Asked Where My Work Originates, And If I Knew I Would Go There More Often To Find More.

Rise Early. Write. Disappoint Your Sons. Read The Newspaper. Go To Bed Early. Success.