I Am Curious About Grownups, Not Children.

I Write For A Certain Sphere Of Readers In The United States Who On Average Watch Seven And A Half Hours Of Multichannel Television Per Day.

The Popular Culture Says . . . Do What You Do, Your Life Is Predestined, Like The Installment Plan On Your House. There's Not Much You Can Do About It. Make Your Payments, Live It, Get Sick, Die, Don't Make Any Trouble. It Is The Master Charge Of Destiny. Try To Get Your High Credit Rating.

People Say, "well, You Went On Television, It Enlarged Your Readership." It Did Not At All, Not At All. I Might As Well Tell You, I Lost Some Readership, Because The Profound Audience Felt Somehow Bothered By My Too Easy Manner.

Going Around Under An Umbrella Interferes With One's Looking Up At The Sky.

It Is Not Sex By Itself That Interests Me, But Its Particular Role In American Consciousness, And In My Own Life.