My Great Fear Is Not That I'll

Mom Was A Smoker. My Grandfather Was A Smoker. My Aunts Were Smokers. My Uncles Were Smokers. I Don't Know Any Smokers Now, Not Even My Mom.

Horse Racing Is Really Much More Intimidating Than Anything Having To Do With Literature. When I Had Horses At The Racetrack, I Would Wake Up In Terror In A Way That I Would Never Wake Up While Working On A Novel.

Ignorance Is A Self-generating State Of Mind; One Of Its Characteristics Is That It Doesn't Recognize Itself As Ignorance.

Some Novelists Are Luckier Than Others In The Eras Of Their Formative Intellectual Years, But All Weltanschauungs Return, Which Means That Most Novelists Have At Least A Chance Of A Revival.

Good Intentions Are Wicked! As Far As I Can See, All They Lead To Are Lies And Delusions.