Dad Said I Would Always Be "high

Life Is Sentimental. Why Should I Be Cold And Hard About It? That's The Main Content. The Biggest Thing In People's Lives Is Their Loves And Dreams And Visions, You Know.

Barring Love I'll Take My Life In Large Doses Alone--rivers, Forests, Fish, Grouse, Mountains. Dogs.

I Like Grit, I Like Love And Death, I'm Tired Of Irony. ... A Lot Of Good Fiction Is Sentimental. ... The Novelist Who Refuses Sentiment Refuses The Full Spectrum Of Human Behavior, And Then He Just Dries Up. ... I Would Rather Give Full Vent To All Human Loves And Disappointments, And Take A Chance On Being Corny, Than Die A Smartass.

I Wonder, When A Writer's Blocked And Doesn't Have Any Resources To Pull Himself Out Of It, Why Doesn't He Jump In His Car And Drive Around The U.s.a.? I Went Last Winter For Seven Thousand Miles And It Was Lovely. Inexpensive, Too.

That Is Simply The Most Beautiful Publishing Office In The World, With That Cranky Old Building In That Wonderful Park.