I'm Not As Hopeful As

I Never Show Anything To Anybody Until I've Finished It

My Favorite Short-story Writer Is John Cheever

An Absolutely Necessary Part Of A Writer's Equipment, Almost As Necessary As Talent, Is The Ability To Stand Up Under Punishment, Both The Punishment The World Hands Out And The Punishment He Inflicts Upon Himself.

I Never Drink While I'm Working, But After A Few Glasses I Get Ideas That Would Never Have Occurred To Me Dead Sober.

Horror Would Not Annoy A Soldier Any More Than The Sight Of A Hammer Annoys A Carpenter. It Is Sentimental To Pretend That Horror Is Not The Tool Of The Soldier, Just As The Hammer Is The Tool Of The Carpenter. We Live Off Death And The Threat Of Death And We Must Take It Calmly And Use It Well.... Eventually I Came To Enjoy Killing, As A Pianist Enjoys The Czerny Which Keeps His Fingers Limber For The Beethoven.