If Ever You Wish To

I Wish My Prose To Be Transparent—i Don't Want The Reader To Stumble Over Me; I Want Him To Look Through What I'm Saying To What I'm Describing. I Don't Want Him Ever To Say, Oh, Goodness, How Nicely Written This Is. That Would Be A Failure.

Men Need History; It Helps Them To Have An Idea Of Who They Are. But History, Like Sanctity, Can Reside In The Heart; It Is Enough That There Is Something There.

I Am The Kind Of Writer That People Think Other People Are Reading.

The Only Lies For Which We Are Truly Punished Are Those We Tell Ourselves.

If Ever You Wish To Meet Intellectual Frauds In Quantity, Go To Paris.