You've Got To Lie To Stay Halfway

My Stories Do Have Plot. They're Not Just Scattered Language; They're Controlled, Toward An End.

I Thought I Was Writing For A Fairly Hip, Intelligent Crowd; I Just Thought There Were More Of Them Out There. But They're Not. They're Not Out There Waiting. They're Not Gonna Use Their Intelligence On Your Book.

I Don't Really Believe In A Creative-writing Major As An Undergraduate. It's A Bad Idea, Terrible. I've Met Creative-writing Majors From Other Places And They Don't Know A Goddamn Thing. They're The Worst Students. They Just Think They're Good Because They Could Pass.

Literature Is The History Of The Soul.

You've Got To Lie To Stay Halfway Interested In Yourself.