To Know You Will Be Lonely Is

I Never Base Characters On Real People. There Are People Who Do That But I Really Don't Know How To Do It.

You Could Not Tell A Story Like This. A Story Like This You Could Only Feel.

It's True: One Of The Things That I've Always Thought About American Society Is That You Never Get The Sort Of Natural Politicisation Of Class Consciousness That You Would Get In The United Kingdom Or Even In Australia.

And It's Always Possible That You Will Not Get A Nice Review. So - And That's Enraging Of Course, To Get A Bad Review, You Can't Talk Back, And It's Sort Of Shaming In A Way.

Being Famous As A Writer Is Like Being Famous In A Village. It's Not Really Any Very Heady Fame.