I Think I Write Or Publish As

I Do Not Say Correct Or Savory. I Do Not Say Seemly Or Even Natural. I Say Serious. Sensationally Serious. Unspeakably Serious. Solemnly, Recklessly, Blissfully Serious.

I Think I Write Or Publish As Much As I Do Because I Can Bear Being Without A Book To Work On.

The Ordeal Is Part Of The Commitment" Esquire Interview 10/10

When You Publish A Book, It's The World's Book. The World Edits It.

We Live In An Age In Which The Imagination Of The Novelist Is Helpless Against What He Knows He Is Going To Read In Tomorrow's Newspaper.