Writers Are Only Rarely Likable.

Self-respect Is A Question Of Recognizing That Anything Worth Having Has A Price.

I Think Nobody Owns The Land Until Their Dead Are In It.

To Believe In'the Greater Good' Isto Operate, Necessarily, In A Certain Ethical Suspension.

I Was No Longer, If I Had Ever Been, Afraid To Die: I Was Now Afraid Not To Die.

On The Whole, I Don't Want To Think Too Much About Why I Write What I Write. If I Know What I'm Doing ... I Can't Do It.