My Favorite Short-story Writer Is John Cheever

Every Novelist Has A Different Purpose-and Often Several Purposes Which Might Even Be Contradictory.

Ernest Hemingway Did A Great Deal Toward Making The Writer An Acceptable Public Figure; Obviously, He Was No Sissy.

You Must Avoid Giving Hostages To Fortune, Like Getting An Expensive Wife, An Expensive House, And A Style Of Living That Never Lets You Aford The Time To Take The Chance To Write What You Wish.

All Writers Are The Same - They Forget A Thousand Good Reviews And Remember One Bad One.

Critics In New York Are Made By Their Dislikes, Not By Their Enthusiasms.