The Old Watch The Young With Anguish,

What I Did Have, Which Others Perhaps Didn't, Was A Capacity For Sticking At It, Which Really Is The Point, Not The Talent At All. You Have To Stick At It.

Advice To Young Writers? Always The Same Advice: Learn To Trust Our Own Judgment.

Nicknames Are Potent Ways Of Cutting People Down To Size.

It Usually Takes Me A Year To Do A Book. A Year Or Eighteen Months.

I Don't Think In Terms Of Optimism And Pessimism When Writing A Story. I Am Telling A Story.