Insofar As I'm Good At

Style Is The Art Of Getting Yourself Out Of The Way, Not Putting Yourself In It.

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.

[david] Mamet's The Writer I Admire Most But He's Way Off From When He Tries To Talk About What The Moral Appeal Of Liberal Thought Is. His Heart Is Not In It.

What Politicians Want And What Creative Writers Want Will Always Be Profoundly Different, Because I'm Afraid All Politicians, Of Whatever Hue, Want Propaganda, And Writers Want The Truth, And They're Not Compatible.

I Never Used To Kill Characters, Because I Thought Killing Characters Was Cheating.