The Final Test Of A Work Of

To Be A Writer Is To Throw Away A Great Deal, Not To Be Satisfied, To Type Again, And Then Again And Once More, And Over And Over.

To Be A Writer Is To Sit Down At One's Desk In The Chill Portion Of Every Day, And To Write; Not Waiting For The Little Jet Of The Blue Flame Of Genius To Start From The Breastbone - Just Plain Going At It, In Pain And Delight. To Be A Writer Is To Throw Away A Great Deal, Not To Be Satisfied, To Type Again, And Then Again, And Once More, And Over And Over...

There, In The Tin Factory, In The First Moment Of The Atomic Age, A Human Being Was Crushed By Books.

Journalism Allows Its Readers To Witness History; Fiction Gives Its Readers An Opportunity To Live It.

Events Are Less Important Than Our Responses To Them.