Writers Of Fiction, When They Begin, Are

In A Novel, It's Hard To Keep Track Of Everybody

When I Started Out In The Early 1930s, There Were A Great Many Magazines That Published Short Stories. Unfortunately, The Short-story Market Has Dwindled To Almost Nothing.

All Writers Are The Same - They Forget A Thousand Good Reviews And Remember One Bad One.

Writing Is Like A Contact Sport, Like Football. Why Do Kids Play Football? They Can Get Hurt On Any Play, Can't They? Yet They Can't Wait Until Saturday Comes Around So They Can Play On The High School Team, Or The College Team, And Get Smashed Around. Writing Is Like That. You Can Get Hurt, But You Enjoy It!

Posterity Makes The Judgments. There Are Going To Be A Lot Of Surprises In Store For Everybody.