A Gun Is Like Breath

The Hand That Holds The Money Cracks The Whip.

A Lot Of Novelists Start Late-conrad, Pirandello, Even Mark Twain. When You're Young, Chess Is All Right, And Music And Poetry. But Novel-writing Is Something Else. It Has To Be Learned, But It Can't Be Taught. This Bunkum And Stinkum Of College Creative Writing Courses! The Academics Don't Know That The Only Thing You Can Do For Someone Who Wants To Write Is To Buy Him A Typewriter.

Writing A Novel Is Like Working On Foreign Policy. There Are Problems To Be Solved. It's Not All Inspirational.

You Have To Wait For Your Mind To Catch Up With Whatever It Is It’s Working On; Then You Can Write A Novel.

If Your Writing Doesn`t Keep You Up At Night, It Won`t Keep Anyone Else Up Either".