A Guitar Has Moonlight In It.

A Lot Of Novelists Start Late-conrad, Pirandello, Even Mark Twain. When You're Young, Chess Is All Right, And Music And Poetry. But Novel-writing Is Something Else. It Has To Be Learned, But It Can't Be Taught. This Bunkum And Stinkum Of College Creative Writing Courses! The Academics Don't Know That The Only Thing You Can Do For Someone Who Wants To Write Is To Buy Him A Typewriter.

They Threw Me Off The Haytruck About Noon.

Yes, I Have Actually Mined Coal, And Distilled Liquor, As Well As Seen A Girl In A Pink Dress, And Seen Her Take It Off. I Am 54 Years Old, Weigh 220 Pounds, And Look Like The Chief Dispatcher Of A Long-distance Driving Concern. I Am A Registered Democrat. I Drink.

Time Is The Only Critic.

When It’s Too Good, You Do It Over Again. Too Good Is Too Easy. If It’s Too Easy You Have To Worry. If You’re Not Lying Awake At Night Worrying About It, The Reader Isn’t Going To, Either. I Always Know That When I Get A Good Night’s Sleep, The Next Day I’m Not Going To Get Any Work Done. Writing A Novel Is Like Working On Foreign Policy. There Are Problems To Be Solved. It’s Not All Inspirational.