The Writer's Life Seethes Within But Not

Blockbusting Fiction Is Bought As Furniture. Unread, It Maintains Its Value. Read, It Looks Like Money Wasted. Cunningly, Americans Know That Books Contain A Person, And They Want The Person, Not The Book.

To Be Left Alone Is The Most Precious Thing One Can Ask Of The Modern World.

Laugh And The World Laughs With You, Snore And You Sleep Alone.

What Critics Often Ask For Is The Impossible, Though This May Be A Salutary Means Of Extending The Borders Of Art.

How Wicked, My Brothers, Innocent Milk Must Always Seem To Me Now.