A Good Smoker, Like A Good Lover,

I Am A Writer Of Fragments.

I First Came Out Against Castro In June 1968, Fifteen Months After My Book Had Been Published, And You Cannot Imagine How Quickly A Void Was Created Around Me

American Literature Had Always Considered Writing A Very Serious Matter

Cigars Must Be Smoked One At A Time, Peaceably, With All The Leisure In The World. Cigarettes Are Of The Instant, Cigars Are For Eternity.

I Have Assiduously Avoided Calling My Books Novels