Remember Haydn's 104 Symphonies. Not All Of

A Little Autobiography And A Lot Of Imagination Are Best.

We Knew Our Days Were Numbered. We Had Fouled Up Our Lives And We Were Getting Ready For A Shake-up.

That's All We Have, Finally, The Words, And They Had Better Be The Right Ones.

It's Akin To Style, What I'm Talking About, But It Isn't Style Alone. It Is The Writer's Particular And Unmistakable Signature On Everything He Writes. It Is His World And No Other. This Is One Of The Things That Distinguishes One Writer From Another. Not Talent. There's Plenty Of That Around. But A Writer Who Has Some Special Way Of Looking At Things And Who Gives Artistic Expression To That Way Of Looking: That Writer May Be Around For A Time.

I Think A Little Menace Is Fine To Have In A Story. For One Thing, It's Good For The Circulation.