It Is My Art. I Am Better

Everybody Likes A Kidder, But Nobody Lends Him Money.

There Is A Misconception Of Tragedy With Which I Have Been Struck In Review After Review, And In Many Conversations With Writers And Readers Alike. It Is The Idea That Tragedy Is Of Necessity Allied To Pessimism.

I Came Out Of A Culture In Which My Uncle, My Father - They Were All Salesmen Of One Kind Or Another. My Father Was A Manufacturer. He Also, In Effect, Had To Sell That Stuff. And If He Didn't Literally Do It, His Men Did. So, Selling Was In The Air Through My Boyhood. The Whole Idea Of Successfully Selling Was Very Important.

Life, Woman, Life Is God's Most Precious Gift; No Principle, However Glorious, May Justify The Taking Of It.

I Am Bewildered By The Death Of Love. And My Responsibility For It.