Not Long Ago, A Novelist Could Believe

All Plots Tend To Move Deathward. This Is The Nature Of Plots.

Clouds Are No Deterrent. Clouds Intensify The Drama, Trap And Shape The Light.

I Think Literature Has Lost It's Power. Great Novels Continue To Be Written, But They Are No Longer Changing The World.

I Never Wanted To Change The World. Norman Mailer Wanted To, He Set Himself The Task Of Changing The Consciousness Of Our Age. And I Think He Came Pretty Close, In The 1960s, To Actually Managing To Do It. But Me? No, No, I Never Wanted Anything Like That. I'm Not Maileresque.

Look Past The Violence. There Is A Wonderful Brimming Spirit Of Innocence And Fun.