I Was Brought Up In A Community,

There's No Reason You Should Write Any Novel Quickly.

I Always Begin With A Character Or Characters, And Then Try To Think Up As Much Action For Them As Possible.

I Am Not Attracted To Writers By Style. What Style Do Dickens, Grass, And Vonnegut Have In Common? How Silly! I Am Attracted To What Makes Them Angry, What Makes Them Passionate, What Outrages Them, What They Applaud And Find Sympathetic In Human Beings And What They Detest About Human Beings, Too. They Are Writers Of Great Emotional Range.

I Have Pretty Thick Skin, And I Think If You're Going To Be In This Business, If You're Going To Be An Actor Or A Writer, You Better Have A Thick Skin.

I Still Believe In Getting Married In Churches And Baptizing Children. I Go Through Those Motions.