One Of The Troubles Is This: The

This Was Another Of Our Fears: That Life Wouldn't Turn Out To Be Like Literature.

When You're Young - When I Was Young - You Want Your Emotions To Be Like The Ones You Read About In Books. You Want Them To Overturn Your Life, Create And Define A New Reality. Later, I Think, You Want Them To Do Something Milder, Something More Practical: You Want Them To Support Your Life As It Is And Has Become. You Want Them To Tell You That Things Are Ok. And Is There Anything Wrong With That?

The Best Life For A Writer Is The Life Which Helps Him Write The Best Books He Can.

The Companionship Of Dead Writers Is A Wonderful Form Of Live Friendship.

[literature Is] A Process Of Producing Grand, Beautiful, Well-ordered Lies That Tell More Truth Than Any Assemblage Of Facts.