There Is A Shabby Nobility In Failing

Reading A Novel Is Just A Much More Involving And Intimate Experience Than The Act Of Watching A Film. I Mean, You Literally Get Inside Of A Novelist's Head, And You Invest Many Hours To Do So.

"socialist" Is The Nastiest Thing You Can Say About An American Politician In Some Quarters.

Anybody Who Becomes A Movie Star Becomes Successful At Projecting A Certain Image To The Public.

There Aren't Many Shy Writers Left.

I Think It's Dangerous To Think You Know What You're Writing. I Usually Don't Know, And Usually I Just Discover It In The Course Of Writing. I Envy Those Writers Who Can Outline A Beginning, A Middle, And End. Fitzgerald Supposedly Did It. John Irving Does. Bret Easton Ellis Does. But For Me, The Writing Itself Is The Process Of Discovery. I Can't See All That Far Ahead.