Isaac Singer Was Born In Poland And

Horror Would Not Annoy A Soldier Any More Than The Sight Of A Hammer Annoys A Carpenter. It Is Sentimental To Pretend That Horror Is Not The Tool Of The Soldier, Just As The Hammer Is The Tool Of The Carpenter. We Live Off Death And The Threat Of Death And We Must Take It Calmly And Use It Well.... Eventually I Came To Enjoy Killing, As A Pianist Enjoys The Czerny Which Keeps His Fingers Limber For The Beethoven.

My Attitudes Have Changed, But Somebody Would Have To Read All My Books To Find Out How They Have

The Romantic Idea Is That Everybody Around A Writer Must Suffer For His Talent. I Think A Writer Is A Citizen Of Humanity, Part Of His Nation, Part Of His Family. He May Have To Make Some Compromises.

Special-interest Magazines Are Dangerous Places For Writers To Start Out In Because The Writing Quickly Falls Into A Routine And People Are Likely To Find Themselves Artistically Exhausted When They Want To Work On Something Of Their Own

All Writers Are The Same - They Forget A Thousand Good Reviews And Remember One Bad One.