One Novel In Five Hundred

People Who Have Lived Through A War Know That As It Approaches, An At First Secret, Unacknowledged, Elation Begins, As If An Almost Inaudible Drum Is Beating ... An Awful, Illicit, Violent Excitement Is Abroad. Then The Elation Becomes Too Strong To Be Ignored Or Overlooked: Then Everyone Is Possessed By It.

Living In A Small Town Anywhere Means Preserving One's Self Behind A Mask.

I've Always Disliked Words Like Inspiration. Writing Is Probably Like A Scientist Thinking About Some Scientific Problem, Or An Engineer About An Engineering Problem.

It Usually Takes Me A Year To Do A Book. A Year Or Eighteen Months.

Laughter Is By Definition Healthy.