I Never Drink While I'm Working, But

The Romantic Idea Is That Everybody Around A Writer Must Suffer For His Talent. I Think A Writer Is A Citizen Of Humanity, Part Of His Nation, Part Of His Family. He May Have To Make Some Compromises.

I Never Show Anything To Anybody Until I've Finished It

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.

In Europe, A Writer Is Supposed To Improve Up Until He's About 75