The Novel Is A Game Or Joke

Every Book Has An Intrinsic Impossibility, Which Its Writer Discovers As Soon As His First Excitement Dwindles.

God Gave Me A Talent To Draw. I 'owed' It To Him To Develop The Talent.

Knowing You Are Alive Is Watching On Every Side Your Generation's Short Time Falling Away As Fast As Rivers Drop Through Air, And Feeling It Hit.

He Judged The Instant And Let Go; He Flung Himself Loose Into The Stars.

He Is Careful Of What He Reads, For That Is What He Will Write. He Is Careful Of What He Learns, For That Is What He Will Know.