Curiously, The United States Is Full Of

You Must Avoid Giving Hostages To Fortune, Like Getting An Expensive Wife, An Expensive House, And A Style Of Living That Never Lets You Aford The Time To Take The Chance To Write What You Wish.

In America, We Have The Feeling Of The Doomed Young Artist. Fitzgerald Was The Great Example Of That.

Writing Is Like A Contact Sport, Like Football. You Can Get Hurt, But You Enjoy It.

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

I'm Not As Hopeful As I Was When I Was Young