My Assignment Is What Every Writer's Assignment

Critics? How Do They Happen? I Know How It Happened To Me. I Would Send A Poem Or Story To A Magazine And They Would Say This Doesn't Suit Our Needs Precisely But On The Other Hand You Sound Interesting. Would You Be Interested In Doing A Review?

I've Been Writing About James Fenimore Cooper. He Was Not A Writer. Here Was A Man Who Was 30 Years Old And Had Never Put Anything More Than His Signature On Paper.

Raymond Carver Is Good. I Think He'll Be Appreciated More And More. He's An Easy Writer To Imitate.

If There's One Thing I Can't Stand, It's Somebody Doing Something Because I Pushed Them In That Direction.

Henry Miller Wrote Novels, But He Calls His Protagonist Henry, Often Henry Miller, And His Books Are In This Gray Area Between Memoir And Novel.