The Problem, As I See It, Is

What Is Difficult Is The Promotion, Balancing The Public Side Of A Writer's Life With The Writing. I Think That's Something A Lot Of Writers Are Having To Face. Writers Have Become Much More Public Now.

One Need Hardly Dwell On The Catastrophic Possibility Of Uttering A Bantering Remark Only To Discover It Wholly Inappropriate

My Donors Have Always Tended To Do Much Better Than Expected.

Screenplays I Didn't Really Care About, Journalism, Travel Books, Getting My Writer Friends To Write About Their Dreams Or Something. I Just Determined To Write The Books I Had To Write.

When I Got To 40 Or So... I Had The Sense When I Looked Back Over My Life I Would Actually See A Mess Of Decisions, A Few Of Which I Had Thought About, Some Of Which I Had Sort Of Stumbled On, And Many That I Had No Control Over Whatsoever.