Writers Talk Too Much.

As One Grows Older, One Realizes How Little One Knows About Any Relationship, Or Even About Oneself.

Most People Coming Out Of War Feel Lost And Resentful. What Had Been A Minute-to-minute Confrontation With Yourself, Your Struggle With What Courage You Have Against Discomfort, At The Least, And Death At The Other End, Ties You To The People You Have Known In The War And Makes For A Time Others Seem Alien And Frivolous.

A Theme Is Always Necessary, A Plain, Simple, Unadorned Theme To Confuse The Ignorant.

Nowadays People Write English As If A Rat Were Caught In The Typewriter And They Were Trying To Hit The Keys Which Wouldn't Disturb It.

History Is Made By Masses Of People. One Man, Or Ten Men, Don't Start The Earthquakes And Don't Stop Them Either. Only Hero Worshipers And Ignorant Historians Think They Do.