Novelists Never Have To Footnote.

Some People Do Wait Their Whole Lives For Something, And It's Only When That Thing Arrives That They Find Out That They've Been Waiting Rather Than Living.

Every Novel Deals With Social Problems. It Can't Help It Because The Protagonist Must Come In Conflict With His Group. So The Author Has To Offer An Analysis Of How The Group And The Protagonist Fit. Otherwise, The Reader Will Just Say, "this Makes No Sense," And Will Put It Away.

Most Of My Childhood Revolved Around Wondering When We Would Be Blown Up By The Russians. I Couldn't Stand The News, I Knew That If The Missile Were Launched, Mortality Would Arrive In Half An Hour, So I Spent A Lot Of My Childhood Feeling That I Was 30 Minutes From Being Dead.

How Will You Know A Good Farmer When You Meet Him? He Will Not Ask You For Any Favors.

I Think That The Cold War Was An Exceptional And Unnecessary Piece Of Cruelty.