I Hate To Be Fatalistic About It,

I Hate To Be Fatalistic About It, But Alcoholism, It's Just In Your Genes. We Had Some Of It In My Family, And It Just Got Me.

You Need To See A Bit Of Hell Now And Then. That, And Great Joy.

I Wanted Very Much To Be Miles Davis When I Was A Boy, But Without The Practice. It Just Looked Like An Endless Road.

I Don't Really Believe In A Creative-writing Major As An Undergraduate. It's A Bad Idea, Terrible. I've Met Creative-writing Majors From Other Places And They Don't Know A Goddamn Thing. They're The Worst Students. They Just Think They're Good Because They Could Pass.

I Grew Up When People Seemed Actually To Be Hurting Themselves For Their Art. Of Course, Some Of It Was Phony.