The Way To Write A Book Is

I Never Wanted To Be Mainstream As A Writer, But Look At What's Happened.

Belief Needs Something Terrible To Make It Work, I Find--blood, Nails, A Bit Of Anguish.

There Is Nothing As Tentative As An Old Woman's Touch; As Loving Or As Horrible.

Resistless Change, When Powerless To Improve, Can Only Mar.

If You Try To Control It Too Much, The Book Is Dead. You Have To Let It Fall Apart Quite Early On And Let It Start Doing Its Own Thing. And That Takes Nerve, Not To Panic That The Book You Were Going To Write Is Not The Book You Will Have At The End Of The Day.