A Writer Has To Surprise Himself To

I Sometimes Confuse Myself With The Little I Know.

First Drafts Are For Learning What Your Novel Or Story Is About. Revision Is Working With That Knowledge To Enlarge And Enhance An Idea, To Re-form It.... The First Draft Of A Book Is The Most Uncertain-where You Need Guts, The Ability To Accept The Imperfect Until It Is Better.

Comedy, I Imagine, Is Harder To Do Consistently Than Tragedy, But I Like It Spiced In The Wine Of Sadness.

... We Are All Terribly Alone No Matter What People Say.

The Idea Is To Get The Pencil Moving Quickly.