My Views Naturally Have Mellowed. Most Of

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.

If Football Players Were Armed With Guns, There Wouldn't Be Stadiums Large Enough To Hold The Crowds.

I Never Show Anything To Anybody Until I've Finished It

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

I Don't Think That The Writer Is Regarded As A Freak By Americans