An Inability To Handle Language

I Think The Novel Is The American Form Because People Read It In Private, And The Only Valuable Things That Happen In America Happen In Private Life, Because Public Life Is A Dead Loss.

I Have A Very, Very Good Relationship With 10 Percent Of The Audience. The Only Purpose Of Art Is Intimacy. That's The Only Point.

To Those Whose God Is Honor; Only Disgrace Is A Sin.

Weak Minds Sink Under Prosperity As Well As Adversity; But Strong And Deep Ones Have Two High Tides.

The Orthodoxy Of America Is As Rigid As That Of Soviet Russia. There Is One Point Of View Allowed. If You Start A Conversation From Another Point Of View, The Words Dry In Your Mouth.