Life Is A Tragedy Full Of Joy.

Somewhere I Put It This Way: First Drafts Are For Learning What One’s Fiction Wants Him To Say. Revision Works With That Knowledge To Enlarge And Enhance An Idea, To Reform It. Revision Is One Of The Exquisite Pleasures Of Writing.

The Whole History Of Baseball Has The Quality Of Mythology.

(clothes) Cannot Change A Man's Nature. He's Either Kind Or He Isn't, With Or Without Clothes.

A Writer Is A Spectator, Looking At Everything With A Highly Critical Eye.

All Men Are Jews, Though Few Men Know It.