I've Never Abandoned The Novel.

I've Never Abandoned The Novel.

This Is Unusual For Me. I Have Given Readings And Not Lectures. I Have Told People Who Ask For Lectures That I Have No Lecture To Give. And That Is True.

To This Day, If You Ask Me How I Became A Writer, I Cannot Give You An Answer. To This Day, If You Ask Me How A Book Is Written, I Cannot Answer. For Long Periods, If I Didn't Know That Somehow In The Past I Had Written A Book, I Would Have Given Up.

Home Is, I Suppose Just A Child's Idea. A House At Night, And A Lamp In The House. A Place To Feel Safe.

If A Writer Doesn't Generate Hostility, He Is Dead.