In My Childhood I Led

When I Have A First Draft, I Have A Floor Under My Feet That I Can Walk On. And Then, Especially With The Help Of The Computer, Rewriting Is So Easy To Do With The Computer, Much Easier Than It Used To Be With The Typewriter. So The Books Go Through Numerous Drafts.

One Either Imposes One's Ideas Or One Is Imposed On.

Writing Turns You Into Somebody Who's Always Wrong. The Illusion That You May Get It Right Someday Is The Perversity That Draws You On. What Else Could? As Pathological Phenomena Go, It Doesn't Completely Wreck Your Life.

The Terror Of The Unforeseen Is What The Science Of History Hides, Turning A Disaster Into An Epic.

It's Best To Give While Your Hand Is Still Warm.