There Are Too Many Books I Haven’t

I Imagine That My Characters Have Become Much More Complicated Than When I First Began, Which Would Be Normal

In The Theater, Characters Have To Cut The Umbilical Cord From The Writer And Talk In Their Own Voices

In A Novel, It's Hard To Keep Track Of Everybody

Horror Would Not Annoy A Soldier Any More Than The Sight Of A Hammer Annoys A Carpenter. It Is Sentimental To Pretend That Horror Is Not The Tool Of The Soldier, Just As The Hammer Is The Tool Of The Carpenter. We Live Off Death And The Threat Of Death And We Must Take It Calmly And Use It Well.... Eventually I Came To Enjoy Killing, As A Pianist Enjoys The Czerny Which Keeps His Fingers Limber For The Beethoven.

I Cringe When Critics Say I'm A Master Of The Popular Novel. What's An Unpopular Novel?