In A Novel, It's Hard To Keep

I Reach My Readers Regardless Of What The Critics Have Written

Horror Would Not Annoy A Soldier Any More Than The Sight Of A Hammer Annoys A Carpenter. It Is Sentimental To Pretend That Horror Is Not The Tool Of The Soldier, Just As The Hammer Is The Tool Of The Carpenter. We Live Off Death And The Threat Of Death And We Must Take It Calmly And Use It Well.... Eventually I Came To Enjoy Killing, As A Pianist Enjoys The Czerny Which Keeps His Fingers Limber For The Beethoven.

I've Gone On The Wagon, But My Body Doesn't Believe It.

At The Height Of The Mccarthy Period, Writers Were Being Hounded.

I Haven't Stuck To Any Formula. Most Great Writers Stick To The Same Style, But I Wanted To Be More Various