People In Small Towns, Much More Than

America Has Always Been A Nation Of Small Places, And As We Lose Them, We're Losing Part Of Ourselves.

When I Look Back Over My Novels What I Find Is That When I Think I'm Finished With A Theme, I'm Generally Not. And Usually Themes Will Recur From Novel To Novel In Odd, New Guises.

Stories Worked Much The Same Way . . . A False Note At The Beginning Was Much More Costly Than One Nearer The End Because Early Errors Were Part Of The Foundation.

I'm Not An Easy Man. I Can Be An Entertaining One, Though It's Been My Experience That Most People Don't Want To Be Entertained. They Want To Be Comforted.

He Looks Like He Could Be Taken In A Fight. Not By Me, But By Somebody. Not Anyone In Humanities, Probably.