In A Novel, It's Hard To Keep

When I Started Out In The Early 1930s, There Were A Great Many Magazines That Published Short Stories. Unfortunately, The Short-story Market Has Dwindled To Almost Nothing.

Posterity Makes The Judgments. There Are Going To Be A Lot Of Surprises In Store For Everybody.

Horror Would Not Annoy A Soldier Any More Than The Sight Of A Hammer Annoys A Carpenter. It Is Sentimental To Pretend That Horror Is Not The Tool Of The Soldier, Just As The Hammer Is The Tool Of The Carpenter. We Live Off Death And The Threat Of Death And We Must Take It Calmly And Use It Well.... Eventually I Came To Enjoy Killing, As A Pianist Enjoys The Czerny Which Keeps His Fingers Limber For The Beethoven.

I Haven't Stuck To Any Formula. Most Great Writers Stick To The Same Style, But I Wanted To Be More Various

A Good Editor Understands What You're Talking And Writing About And Doesn't Meddle Too Much.