We Are All Mortal Until

There Are Some Writers Who Feel They Are Elected By God. I Am Not. I Am Elected By The Devil - This Is Clear.

I'm Not Asking You To Describe The Rain Falling The Night The Archangel Arrived; I'm Demanding That You Get Me Wet. Make Up Your Mind, Mr. Writer, And For Once In Your Life Be The Flower That Smells Rather Than The Chronicler Of The Aroma. There's Not Much Pleasure In Writing What You Live. The Challenge Is To Live What You Write.

When A Book Is Alive, Really Alive, You Feel It. You Put It To Your Ear Here, And You Feel It Breathe, Sometimes Laugh, Sometimes Cry, Just Like A Person, A Little Person.

I Was A Terrible History Student. They Taught Me History As If It Were A Visit To A Wax Museum Or To The Land Of The Dead. I Was Over Twenty Before I Discovered That The Past Was Neither Quiet Nor Mute.

From The Point Of View Of The Economy, The Sale Of Weapons Is Indistinguishable From The Sale Of Food. When A Building Collapses Or A Plane Crashes, It?s Rather Inconvenient From The Point Of View Of Those Inside, But It?s Altogether Convenient For The Growth Of The Gross National Product, Which Sometimes Ought To Be Called The "gross Criminal Product."