I Just Want People To Remember Me

In Almost Everything I've Written There Is A Thread Of This: Man's Seemingly Palpable Need To Dislike Someone Other Than Himself.

Good Evening, And Welcome To A Private Showing Of Three Paintings, Displayed Here For The First Time. Each Is A Collectors' Item In Its Own Way - Not Because Of Any Special Artistic Quality, But Because Each Captures On A Canvas, And Suspends In Time And Space, A Frozen Moment Of A Nightmare.

The Most Important Thing About The First Sale Is For The Very First Time In Your Life Something Written Has Value And Proven Value Because Somebody Has Given You Money For The Words That You've Written, And That's Terribly Important, It's A Tremendous Boon To The Ego, To Your Sense Of Self-reliance, To Your Feeling About Your Own Talent.

Our Greatest Responsibility Is Not To Be Pencils Of The Past.

I Suppose We Think Euphemistically That All Writers Write Because They Have Something To Say That Is Truthful And Honest And Pointed And Important. And I Suppose I Subscribe To That, Too. But God Knows When I Look Back Over Thirty Years Of Professional Writing, I'm Hard-pressed To Come Up With Anything That's Important. Some Things Are Literate, Some Things Are Interesting, Some Things Are Classy, But Very Damn Little Is Important.