People Are Quite Frequently Eccentric.

In The Traditional Urban Novel, There Is Only Survival Or Not. The Suburban Idea, The Conformist Idea, That Agony Can Be Seen To And Cured By Doctors Or Psychoanalysis Or Self-knowledge Is Nowhere To Be Found In The City. Talking Is A Way Of Life, But It Is Not A Cure. Same With Religion.

Like Most Of The Educated, I Do Harbor A Fondness For The Sins Of My Ignorant Past.

Horse Racing Is Really Much More Intimidating Than Anything Having To Do With Literature. When I Had Horses At The Racetrack, I Would Wake Up In Terror In A Way That I Would Never Wake Up While Working On A Novel.

People Are Quite Frequently Eccentric.

It Still Astounds Me, After Forty Years, That There Is No Good Bread Between Chicago And San Francisco.