I Think Situations Are More Important Than

Write About The Things That Attract You. Choose Your Subjects The Way You Used To Choose Your Toys: Out Of Desire.

I Think Situations Are More Important Than Plot And Character.

I Graduated In 1952 And Went To Europe, With Niki And Our First Child Laura, Who Was Then A Year Old.

After The Navy, I Transferred To Harvard And Finished There. I Was There The Spring Term Of 1951 And I Stayed Through The Summer Term And A Whole Other Year, So I Was Able To Do Two Years In A Little Less Than A Year And A Half.

What I Said About John Was That He Liberated Me From My Anxieties About Writing In A Correct, Acceptable Way.